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SPELLING  BOOK: 


INTERSPERSED    WITH 


CHOICE  READING  LESSONS  IN  POETRY  AND  IN  PROSE— AT  ONOB 

TO  PLEASE  AND  INBTRUCT-MANY  OF  THEM  CONVEYING 

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Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  tlie  year  J86i,  by 
WASIIIN'GTON    BAIRD, 

4b6  Clerk'9  ofBco  of  the  District  Court  of  the   Confederate  States, 
■^^— -  ^for  thie  Southern  District  of  Georgia. 


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INTRODUCTION. 


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Ix  presenting  to  the  Public  this  Klem^ntarj  work  for  the  use  of 
the  Families  and  Schools  of  our  rising  and  glorious  Confederacy, 
it  istke  dutj  of  the  Author  to  make  the  following  explanatory  and 
apologetic  stntenaents. 

Nothing  was  farther  from  his  mind  than  the  thought  of  preparing 
such  a  work.^  The  suggestions  of  friends,  the  extreme  necessities 
of  our  beleaguered  Confederacj^,  and  the  great  importance  of 
providing  lln  immediate  supply  of  such  works  on  our  own 'ijeil, 
have  led  to  this  attempt. 

In  the  preparation  of  the  work,  the  Author  jias  deviated  from 
all  other  plans.  And  yet  this  was  not  done  from  disrespect  of 
any  other  authors,  nor  Irom  any  desire  to  innovate.  Adaptation 
to  our  wants,  as  a  people^  and  the  securing  of  the  hi-ghest  good  to 
the  children  and  youth  of  our  couniiy,  wei;p  his  only  motives. 

Any  great  variety  of  suitable  school  books  cannot,  at  once,  be 
prepared  and  published.  "Few  jvkd  good,"  should  be  our  .motto. 
The  fact  alspgig,  that  under  the  old  dynasty,  wo  had  "series"  after 
"  series"  <i^;D0oks  in  the  same  deparimerd  op  instruciion,  vastly 
beyond  1)s\0,  jvaa  needed.  A  series  of  five  or  six  Readers,  fer 
example,  is  an  extravagance  wkich'should  be  avoided." 

The  gr«at  importance  of-  sp(Ml'''^g,  no  one  can  doubt.  Long  and 
ttiprough  drilling  should  bo  given  in  that  :depaitment ,  3jUt  spelling 
ii  a  iasTx)  a  dull  rfn^fft/er?/, -in  .which  children  seidpm  take  any 
delight.  It  imparts  no  knowledge  of  Nature',  of  Art,  or  of  Duty. 
It  elicits  no  thought,  and  aftbrds  tutHittle  mental  culture.  '  Obvi- 
ously, then,  oveK^ lesson  in  spelling  shouKl  have  connected  with  it 
an  •lercise  in  ^eMing  which  is  pt  oi\QQ^kasing  and  inffruciite, 
uftording  ipy<i  f"^!'  thougM,  exercise  for  tire  f^evcral  faculti|;Si'bf  the 
mind,  and  calculated  to  pto^ice;  a  good  moral  impressioS:  '  Moral 
principles  and  noble  scntimeat^Hranscend  all  olfe^er  <jflal1-tte.s  and 
atUi»ments.  And  they  should  bo. .largely  ind  faricftjsly  inculcated 
in  iW'fitst  books  that  are  put  intoiho  h.anrls  of  children  and  vouiii. 

Tii<«  sipcuring  of  theso  sercral  /a  kept  stea^ly  iu 


'<S0ii4uT*s 


4  t^TViOtiXfonovi. 

view  by  tbo  Author  iu  the  preparation  of  the  whole  work.  It  Is 
knowQ,  also,  that  Rhyme  and  roetry*are  ^minontly  pleasing  to  ♦ 
children  ;  and  that  they  assist  greatly  the  nicmory  in  treasuring  up 
and  retaining  knowledge.  And  yet,  strange  to  say,  there  is  not  a 
line  of  poetry  in  "Webster's  Spelling  Book — the  one  in  ^vhich  most 
of  the  present  generation  have  been  instructed !  The  moral  also 
is  a  scarce  article  !  The  present  work  abounds  in  useful,  and 
especially  in  moral  instruction — a  large  portion '  of  whiclr  is  in 
choice  poetry.  Fables  also  are  largely  eu.ployed ;  Proverbs  and 
Anecdotes  are  introduced.  An  effort  is  made  to  give  an  impulse 
to  the  mind  toward  manj'  departments  of  knowledge.  Its  expand 
ing  powers  are  exercised  in  various  apartments  of  Jv'ature.  Some 
of  the  reading  lessons  are  of  thrilHng  interest.  "  Past  wrecks  give 
fearful  warnings."  Henco  the  results  of  "  Defective  Education" 
are  shown  in  ludicrous  and  appalling  lights — admonitory  against 
similar  "  irea/rer.'?. "  An  extended  list  of  "prefixes'"  and  ''.suffixes'' 
is  also  added — .showing  the  true  import  of  our  compound  words, 
on  principles  easily  understood  and  remembered. 

Most  of  the  reading  lessons  are  simple  and  easy;  but  some  of 
them  are  intended  only  for  advanced  pupils.  The  reasons  for  the 
introduction  of  the  latter,  will  be  apparent.  The  Spelling  Book  is 
commonly  laid  aside  too  soon.  It  should  be  the  main  book  until  a 
thorough  mastery  is  obtained  over  all  the  departments  of  spelling. 
Hence  reading  lessons  of  corresponding  character  should  be  annexed 
or  interspersed.  This  work  is  so  arranged  as  to  supply  the  want 
of  the  first  two  Readers  iu  most  of  the  other  "series,''  as  well  a« 
afford  all  needful  exercises  in  spelling.  On  going  through  it  each 
time,  a  higher  mastery  wiil  be  obtained  over  the  more  difficult 
parts.  New  food  for  thought  will  be  found,  as  each  field  is  again 
explored.  Those  pupils  who  can  read  well  all  the  lessons  which 
it  contains,  can  read  any  thing  elae.  Kconomy,  Utility  and  Conve- 
nience are,  therefore,  combined  in  having  one  book  instead  of  three 
or  four,  as  was  the  case  under  the  old  system. 

Should  a  Primer,  containing  a  greater  varietj'  of  easy  f'pelling 
and  reading  lessons  for  Icginners,  be  found  necessary,  the  Author 
will  take  pleasure  in  preparing  one.  He  intends  also  to  prepare 
two  Readers  for  advanced  classes,  the  latter  containing  e-vercises 
also  in  Elocution.  Thus  the  three  works  may  suffice  for  the  W'hole 
cours6  of  both  speUiug  and  reading,  even  in  our  higher  schools. 

In  soma  elementary  works  many  pages  are  occupied  with  elabo- 


INTRODUCTION.  5 

rate  treatises  on  the  '•  Sounds  of  the  Letters  of  the  Alphabet."  So 
far  as  ■pupils  are  concerned,  this  is  useless.  Those  sounds  can  be 
learned  only  from  the  living  Instructor.  Teachers,  in  our  day,  are 
supposed  to  understand  the  pronunciation  of  their  own  mother  tongue. 
To  those  engaged  in  that  important  and  noble  calliiig,  the  Author 
having  given  the  accerd  and  ihe  syllabification  of  the  words  in  the 
regular  spelling  lessons — confidently  and  cheerfully  entrusts  the 
whole  business  of  instructing  from  the  work,  as  now  prepared. 
Observation  and  oxpcricnco  may  indicate  future  changes  and  im- 
provements, W.  B. 


309  d  f)  2 


^ 


THE  ALPHABET. 


Tho  Alphabet  of -the  Engli«h  Language  consists  of  twentj-six  letters.  Of 
these,  a,  «,  i,  o,  and  u  are  vowels,  having  distinct  sounds  of  their  own.  All  th« 
other  letters  are  consonants,  sounding  only  in  connection  with  the  towcIb; 
v)  and  y  are  vowels  when  they  end  words  and  syllables.  When  they  pr«ced« 
vowels  sounded  in  the  same  syllable  with  themselves,  they  are  constaanta. 
Letters,  as  regards /o/'wi  and  size,  are  divided  into  Capitals  and  small  letters, 
Italics  and  Roman  letters  : 


:A 

B 
C 
D 
E 
F 

H 

I 

J 

K 

L 

M 

N 

O 

P 

Q 

E 

S 

T. 

U 

Y 

W 

X 

Y 

Z 


ROMAN. 


ITALIC. 

ROMAN 

a 

A 

a 

L 

1 

b 

B 

h 

P 

p 

c 

0 

c 

N 

n 

d 

D 

d 

R 

^  r 

e 

E 

e 

Z 

z 

f 

F 

f 

Q 

q 

g 

0 

g 

M 

m 

h 

H 

h 

Y 

J 

i 

I 

i 

K 

k 

J 

J 

j 

C        ' 

c 

k 

K 

k 

J 

j 

1 

L 

I' 

F 

f 

m 

M 

m 

B 

b 

n 

N 

n 

U 

u 

o 

0  • 

0 

A 

a 

P 

P 

P 

G^ 

g 

q 

Q 

1 

X 

X 

r 

R 

r 

D 

d 

s 

S 

s 

W 

w 

t 

T 

t 

S 

s 

u 

U 

u   . 

I 

• 

1 

V  " 

V 

V 

T 

t 

w 

w 

10 

~Y 

V 

X 

X 

X 

0* 

o 

y 

Y 

y 

H 

h 

z 

Z 

FIGURES 

z 

E     • 

e 

1     2     3     4    5     6     7     8     9     10. 

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DOUBLE  LETTERS.     • 
■      ft'     fa     fi     fl      ffi     <^G,  . 


SPELLING  BOOK. 


EXERCISE   UPON   THE   LETTERS. 

The  following  is  an  exercise  for  beginners  upon 
the  several  kbuU  of  letters,  as  presented  by  repetitions 
of  the  same  words.  It  may  be  cither  spelled  or 
read.     Its  utility,  as  an  exercise^  is  obvious. 


Be 

JUST 

AND 

WIN 

THE 

PRIZE. 

Be 

just 

and 

win 

the 

prize. 

Be 

just 

and 

ivin 

the 

prize. 

Be 

KIND 

AND 

GOOD 

TO 

ALL. 

Be 

kind 

and 

good 

to 

all. 

Be 

'hind 

and 

good 

to 

all 

Love 

God 

WITH 

ALL 

THE 

HEART. 

Love 

God 

with 

all- 

the 

heart. 

Love 

God 

with 

all 

Hie 

heart. 

0 

QUIT 

"EACH 

WAY 

OF 

SIN. 

0 

quit 

each 

way 

of 

sin. 

0 

quit 

each 

way 

of 

sin. 

Fkom      God      all      good      expect. 

From       God       all 

good 

expect. 

From        God       all 

good 

expect. 

ON  DOUBLE  LETTERS. 

Fin,       'fill,         flint,         lufif,         muffin. 
Scuffle,     ,    fish,         flesh,         flippant. 
Whiffle,         abb,         ebb,         egg.. 
Off,         bec^,'        boon,         bill,         whiff. 
Purr,         runnion,         puss,      •   butt. 
Add,        Aaroil,     t  apple,        ottbr, 


8  THE    CONFEDERATE 


LESSON  I. 

Words  and  Syllables  of  Two  LtUers, 

Note. — O  sounds  like  k  bufore  a,  o  and  i^;  like  a  before  e,  i  and  y. 


ba 

be 

bi 

bo 

bii 

by 

ab 

eb 

ib 

ob 

ub 

ea 

ce 

ci 

CO 

cu 

cy 

da 

dc 

di 

do 

du 

dy 

ad 

ed 

id 

od 

ud 

fa 

fe 

fi 

fo 

fu 

fy 

af 

ef 

if 

of 

uf 

lia 

be 

hi 

ho- 

hu 

>0' 

j'i 

je 

ji 

jo 

j^ 

jy 

ka 

ke 

ki 

ko 

kii 

be 

by 

me 

me 

by    it 

on 

an 

ox 

he 

at 

it 

it 
LES 

by    me 
SON  IL 

ox 

on 

it 

la 

le 

li 

lo 

lu 

ly 

al 

el 

il 

ol 

ul 

ma 

me 

mi 

mo 

mu 

my 

aiii 

em 

im 

om 

urn 

na 

ne 

ni 

no 

nu 

^^y 

ail 

en 

in 

on 

im 

pa 

pe 

pi 

po 

pu 

vy 

ap 

ep 

^P 

op 

i. 

ra 

re 

ri 

ro 

ru 

^y 

ar 

or 

.  ir 

or 

ur 

uz 

so 

I 

a;"a 

in 

it     is 

go 

to 

it 

am     I 

so? 

is 

it      in  ? 

it 

to 

go    / 

LESSON  III. 

sa 

'    se 

si 

so 

au 

sy 

as 

es 

is 

OS 

us 

ys 

ta 

t« 

ti 

to 

tu 

ty 

at 

et 

it 

ot 

ut 

va 

.ve 

vi 

vo 

vu 

vy 

.  av 

iv 

ov 

uv 

wa 

we 

wi 

wo 

ax 

ex 

ix 

ox 

ux 

ya 

ye 

yo 

za 

ze 

zi 

zo 

za 

zy 

az 

ez 

iz 

oz 

uz 

as  it 

is 

so 

be  it 

up 

to  it 

. 

sit  by 

us 

by 

m  sit 

*        to 

go  at 

SO  do 

we 

we  ^.0  go 

do 

it  so 

s@^  tb 

C  OS 

lie 

i^i'^% 

%o  go  Iq 

fe  it ; 

agw 

npw  ^9  it 

c?r 

|9b^ 

» 

^j^  jit-'a^ii:-  iMwaH'^*^'""''"^'^  ^^v^ 


SPELLING   BOOK. 


LESSON  IV. 

Words 

a7id  Syllahlee  of  Three  iMiers. 

bad 

bag 

cab 

ban 

bap 

bat 

cad 

dag 

dab 

can 

cap 

cat 

dad 

fag 

gab 

dan 

dap 

fat 

gad 

K^S 

nab 

fan 

gap 

hat 

had 

hag 

pab 

man 

hap 

mat 

mad 

nag 

rab 

])an 

map 

pat 

pad 

rag 

sal) 

ran 

sap 

rat 

sad- 

tag 

tab 

tan 

tap 

sat 

I  am 

to  be  lip 

he  is  to 

go  in 

an  ox  is  by  me 

up  I  i 

^irn  to  be 

in  he  is 

to  go 

by  me 

is  an  ox 

if  wc 

do  go  np 

I    is  it  my 

■  cat,  pa' 

i^  m}^  cap 

•,  it  is  so ! 

LESSON  y. 

bam 

lax 

ben 

bed 

bet 

bin 

cam 

tax 

den 

fed 

get 

din 

dam 

wax 

fen 

led 

let 

fin 

bam 

bex 

hen 

ned 

met 

gin 

jam 

clex 

men 

red 

net 

pin 

ram 

sex 

pen 

wed 

pet 

sin 

yam 

vex 

ten 

zed 

yet 

win 

The  cat  has  ^pt 

<  a  rat, 

The  heft  sits  by 

the  tree, 

How 

very  nice 

and  fat ; 

The  chick-ens  too  von  see: 

The  dog  lies  on  the  ha}^,     The  bird  sits  on  the  limb, 
The  pup-pies  by  him  stay.  And  sings  its  pret-ty  hymn. 


LESSON  YI. 

bla 

ble 

bli 

bio 

blu 

bly 

fla 

fie   • 

fli 

flo 

flu 

fly 

gla-' 

pla 

rha 

gle 
pie 
rhe 

gli 
rhi 

glo 

plo 

•    rho 

glu 
plu 
rhu 

rhy 

sla 

sle 

sli 

slo 

sill 

sly 

trft 

tre 

tri 

tro 

trii 

try 

10 


THE   CONFEDERATE 


•Here  is  my  lit-tle  box,        The  pig  is  in  his  pen, 
And  there  the  old  fat  ox ;  See,  too,  the  lit-tle  wren  ; 
O !  my  old  map  is  wet,       Now  I've  got  a  fire  bug, 
A  new  one  I  will  get.         I'll  put  him  in  the  jug. 

bry 
cry 
dry 
fry 
gry  . 

,  pry 

try      . 

The  bee  is  on  the  wing, 
Be-ware  his  cru-el  sting  ; 
The  wasp  now  makes  his  nest, Now  ope  this  i-ron  box, 
He  is  a  hor-rid  pest.  And  see  my  pret-ty  fox. 

LESSOK  YIII. 


LESSON  VII. 

bra 

bre 

bri 

bro 

bru 

era 
dra 
fra 

ere 
dre 
fre' 

cri 
dri 
fri 

cro 
dro 
fro- 

cru 
dru 
fru 

gra 
pra 
tra 

gre 
pre 
tre 

gri 
pri 
tri 

gro 
pro 
tro 

gru 
pru 
tru 

The  old  man  wears  a  wig. 
And  feeds  his  fat- ted  pig ; 


pha         phe         phi  pho         phu         phy 

sha  she  shi  sho  shu  shy 

bug    ,      dug         hug  jug  mug        rug 

bot  cot  dot  hot  mot         sot 

bit  fit  hit  kit  pit  sit 

dip  hip  lip  rip         -sip  tip 

bob         cob  fob  job  rob  sob 

The  cat  has  shut  her  eye,    Tl:|e  ox  now  eats  his  corn, 
Now  I  can  eat  a  pie  ;  A  fly  sits  on  his  horn  ; 

I  see  the  old  fat  ox,  O !  put  a- way  the  map. 

Here  lies  my  pret-ty  fox-.     Now  let  us  take  a  nap. 


* 

LESSON  IX. 

bog 

dog 

cog 

fog 

gog 

log 

bud 

cud 

dud 

hud 

mud 

rud 

big 

fig 

gig 

hig 

rig 

wig 

bum 

gum 

hum 

mum 

rum 

sum 

bub 

cub   • 

dub 

hub 

rub 

tub 

bun 

dun 

fun 

gun 

run 

tun 

bar 

car 

far 

gar 

mar 

tar 

SPELLING   BOOX. 


11 


Tbe  dog  bas  got  bis  meat,  Tbe  cat  is  on  tbe  log, 

Come  now  and  see  bim  eat ;  Sbe  biss-es  at  tbe  dog  ; 

0 !  see  tbe  pret-ty  boy,  Tbe  fisb  swim  in  tbe  sea, 

lie  bas  a  nice  new  toy.  A  £sb-er  I  would  be. 


LESSON  X. 

bay 
)ay 
lew 

bod 

day 
ray 
jew 
cod 

gay 

say 

mew 

bod 

bay 
way 
new 
nod 

lay 
dew 
pew 
rod 

may 

few 
tew 
sod 

fop 
bib 

bop 
fib 

mop 
nib 

pop 
rib 

sop 
sib 

top 
tib 

spa  spe  spi 

Th«  bce-tle  now  I  spy, 
And  see  its  lit-tle  eye ; 
It  sits  upon  the  flow-cr, 
"VVi^h-in  the  sha-4y  bow-er. 


spo  spu       .  spy 

I  feed  my  pet  on  rice, 
And  keep  him  from  the  mice; 
"\Vith-in  his  cage  he  sleeps, 
Or  thro'  its  bars  he  peeps. 


di  al 
ty  ro 
be  ro 
la  va 
pi  ca 
so  da 
so  fa 
ba  lo 

The  rain 
The  win- 
The  bird 
AndO! 


LESSON  XI. 

Easy  Words  df  Two  Syllahl&s. 

ga  la  po  em         pu  ny  fi  at 

la  va  po  et  ba  zy  fu.  ry 

ru  in  da  el  la  zy  to  ry 

vi  al  na  vy         la  dy  ca  to 

real  mazy         zany  lu  cy 

ri  ot  bo  ny  si  zy  ro  sy 

bi  as  po  nj  ti  dy  fu  el 

di  et  do  zy  li  my  fu  my 


is  fall-ing  fast, 
ter  days  are  past ; 
s  are  on  the  wing, 
how  nice  they  sing. 


The  calrcs  now  crop  the  grass, 
And  scam-per  as  we  pass ; 
The  lambs  I  love  to  see, 
And  near  them  ever  be. 


LESSON  XII. 


bid 

did 

hid 

lid 

mid 


boy 
coy 

joy 

roy 
toy 


bon 

con 

don 

mon 

pen 


die 

fie 

bic 

lie 

pie 


tiX 

mix 
pix 
rix 
six 


ace 

age 

alo 

ape 

ate 


12 


THE   CONFEDERATE 


lag 

hern 

caw 

maw 

cue 

elk 

sag  ' 

gem 

daw 

saw 

due 

ell 

tag 

cup 

law 

taw 

hue 

elm 

wag 

sup 

paw 

raw 

rue 

end 

The  e 

-vil 

way  of  1 

sin 

But  take 

the  up- 

ward  track, 

0 !  neve 

r  once 

he 

-gin  ) 

-And  ne'er  from 

it  turn  back, 

Lest  then  you  on-ward  go     Then  Heav-en  will  be  your  home 
To  pain  and  end-less  wo  ;      For  end-leas  years  to  come. 


LESSOX  XIII 

- 

Words  of 

Four  Letters. 

bane 

vane 

bale 

cope 

bone 

dire 

cane 

wane 

gale 

hope 

cone. 

fire 

fane 

cave 

bale 

lope 

lone 

hire 

lane 

li'ave 

kale 

mope 

tone 

mire 

mane 

lave 

male 

pope 

dive 

sire 

pane 

nave 

sale 

rope 

hive 

tire 

sane 

save 

tale 

tope 

rive 

wire 

To  all  be  k'nd  and  true, 
No  e  vil  ev-er  <lo ; 


The  njoon  is  clear  and  bright, 
The  stars  p;ive  light  by  night; 
You  must  not  work  or  play  And  all  the  show-ers  that  fall 
Up-on  God's  ho-ly  day.  For  grate- ful  praises  call. 

LESSON  XIY. 


bake 

bare 

V^ent 

fine 

blot 

bore 

cake 

care 

cent 

dine 

clot 

-core 

lake 

dare 

dent 

line 

glot 

fore 

make 

fare 

gent 

mine 

plot 

gore 

rake 

hare 

lent 

fiine 

quot 

lore 

sake 

mare 

ment 

pine 

shot 

.    more 

take 

pare 

rent 

tine 

spot 

sore 

wake 

tare 

sent 

wine 

trot 

tore 

Tak,e  not  God's  ijftme  in  vain, 
Each  sin  will  leave  a  stain  ; 
God's  ho-ly  word  is  true, 
It  t^Ils  you  what  to  do. 


Love  God  with  all  your  hearty 
From  evil  ways  de-part; 
Keep  all  God's  laws  iu  sight^ 
And  pray  for  guid^iug  light. 


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LESSON  XV. 

dace 

cage 

code 

bite 

date 

bile 

face 

gage 

mode 

cite 

gate 

file     ■ 

lace 

page 

node 

mite 

hate 

mile 

mace 

rage 

rode 

rite 

late 

pile 

pace 

sage 

tone 

site 

mate 

tile 

race 

wage 

zone   - 

.  zite 

pate 

wile 

made 

came 

gore 

cure 

cape 

fife 

f^ide 

dame 

sore 

lure 

tape 

life 

jade 

fame 

.  tore 

pure 

nape 

rife 

wade 

lame 

wore 

sure 

rape 

wife 

All  Na-ture's  fresh  and  gay, 

I  love  the  thou- 

sand  flow-ers, 

Come  let 

us  take  our  play; 

And  all  the  bloom-ing  bow-ers;' 

How  swt>et-ly  in 

thesprin.2j 

But  rose 

s  red  ar 

id  white—- 

The  woods  with  ; 

music  ring. 

They  are 

my  chi 

ef  de-light. 

LKSSON  XVI. 

bold 

best 

bate 

bolt 

ball 

crab 

cold 

lest 

date 

colt 

call 

drab 

fold 

nest 

iiite 

dolt 

fall 

grab 

gold 

rest 

gate 

jolt 

gall 

blab 

hold 

test 

hate 

malt 

hall 

slab 

mold 

vest 

mate 

halt 

pall 

stab 

sold 

west 

,   rate 

roll 

tall 

crag 

told 

zest 

sate 

toll 

wall 

draff 

0,  come>ind  see  my  top, 
How  it  does  ppin  and  hop  I 
And  then  it  linm^,  you  see, 
Like  the  prct-ty  bee  ! 
It  is  no  com-mon  toy, 
9  It  fills  me  full  of  joy  ! 

"We  must  either  advance 
learning,  we  are  losing. 

^  Idleness  and    want   aro 
dwgll  together* 


And  now  it  is  my  wish, 
To  catch  a  1  it-tie  fish  ; 
I'll  take  my  pole  and  hook 
Down  to  the  flow-ing  brook, 
I'll  catch  the  lit-tle  sin-ner, 
Andbringhim  home  for  dinner. 

or  e;o  backward.     If  we  are  not 
twin   sinters^  and  they  alwayo 


14 


THE  CONFEDERATE 


LESSON  XVII. 

THE  SNAIL  AND  THE  SHIP. 

The  snail  lives  in  its  shell, 
I  found  it  in  the  dell ; 
For  house  it  ean-not  lack, 
It  bears  one  on  its  back. 

The  ships  sail  on  the  sea, 
And  there  I  like  to  be, 
When  high  the  wind  doth  rave, 
And  mount  the  foam-ing  wave. 

Words  of  Tu:o  SylldbleSy  Accented  on  the  First. 


CO  pal 
do  tal 
lo  cal 
to  tal 
ho  ral 
vo  cal 
fatal 
na  tal 
vi  tal 
fi  nal 


pe  nal 

ve  nal 
re  gal 
le  gal 
mo  dal 
na  sal 
pa  pal 
po  lar 
so  lar 
fa  vor* 


toper 
focal 
sa  vor 
fe  ver 
lu  nar 
Ko  man 
hu  man 
pa  gan 
Si  mon 
ni  tre 


so  ber 
ca  per 
su  ral 
sy  ren 
ci  der 
la  ver 
viper 
caper 
paper 
pi  per 


vo  ter 
ro  ver 
am  ber 
up  per 
under 
o  ver 
o  ral 
po  ker 
to  ken 
bo  lus 


Be  ev-ei"  good  and  true, 
Mind  what  jou  say  and  do ; 
God's  word  would  make  you  wise, 
Do  not  its  truth  de-spise. 


Learn  some-thing  ev-e-ry  day, 
And  ev-er  watch  and  pray ; 
To  run  in  ways  of  sin 
0 1  ncv-er  once  be-gin. 


HOW  I  LOVE. 

How  [  love  my  tender  mother, 
How  I  love  my  father  dear; 

How  I  love  my  little  brother. 
And  my  gentle  sis^r  here : 

They  are  all  both  kind  and  true, 

And  they  dearly  love  mc  too. 

Be  my  neighbor  proud  or  lowly, 
He  shall  my  affection  share; 

Be  he  sinful,  be  he  holy, 

He  may  claim  my  earnest  prayer; 

Let  me  not  unfeeling  prove. 

Nor  myself  too  dearly  lore. 


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But  of  all  afFcctioD  given, 

God  on  high  demands  the  most ; 

God  the  Father  in  the  heaven, 
God  the  Son;  and  Holy  Ghost : 

Three  in  one,  and  One  in  three, 

Be  thou  all  in  all  to  me. 

LESSON  XVIIL 

band  bamc  bate  bank 


band 

came 

date 

hank 

land 

dame 

late 

lank 

mand 

game 

mote 

rank 

pand 

lame 

note 

sank 

rand 

name 

pote 

tank 

sand 

same 

rote , 

bulk 

ripe 

tame 

Eote 

bulk 

type 

fame 

A  SECRET, 

vote 

sulk 

THE     LITTLE     NESTS. 

There  is  a  se-cret  I  would  like 
The  lit-tle  girh  to  know ; 
But  I  won't  tell  a  sin-gle  boy — 
They  rob  the  birds'  nests  so. 

"We  have  four  pret-ty  lit-tle  nests, 
We  watch  them  with  great  care  j 
Full  fif-ty  eggs  are  in  this  tree — 
Don't  tell  the  boys  they're  there  ! 

Joe  Thomp-son  rob-bed  the  ne«ts,  last  year, 
And  year  be-fore,  Tom  Brown  ; 
I'll  tell  it,  loud  as  I  can  sing, 
To  cv-c-ry  one  in  town. 

LESSON  XIX. 

STEALING. 

"  Docs  Ilar-ry  Flint  steal  apples  ?  " 

'^  No !  nor  any  thing  else.  lie  would  as  soon  cut  off  his 
own  right  hand  as  to  steal.  When  he  was  a  child  his 
moth-cr  taught  him  this  les-son  : 

"In  God's  sight,  it  is  a  sin, 
To  steal  a.pen.ny  or  a  pin." 


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THE  CONFEDERATE 


He  has  re-nicm-be:*-ed  that  les-son  to  this  day.  In-deed, 
he  nev-er  will  fur-got  it.  He  acts  on  that  prin-ci-pl«  in  all 
that  he  docs  ;   and  eve-ry  bod-y  hon-ors  him  for  it." 

"Well,  then,  I  want  to  em-ploy  him/'  said  Mr.  Wil- 
pou.  "  But,  as  for  Tom  Sands,  I  would  not  let  him  coin£ 
in-side  of  my  door,  he  is  such  a  liar  and  thief. '^ 

■    Words  of  Five  Letters. 


block 

"brays 

barns 

bangs 

barks 

clock 

frays 

earns 

•  fangs 

harks 

flock 

grays 

darns 

gangs 

larks 

smock 

sla3'S 

tarns 

hangs 

marks 

stock 

sta>s 

yarns 

pnngs 

parks 

crock 

swa3's 

farms 

tangs 

bakes 

frock 

prays 

harms 

bores 

cakes 

"\vhelp 

quays 

brags 

cores 

lakes 

yelps 

plays 

crags 
LESSON 

sores 
XX. 

makes 

BE  "WISE  AND    GOOD. 
Oh  !  no,  I'll  nev-er  be  a  fool, 
For  I  will  mind  my  books  and  school ; 
I'll  learn  of  duty  all  1  can, 
/Vnd  strive  to  be.  a  use-ful  man. 
•31y  fel-low  pu-pils  I  will  love, 
And  try  to  be  like  those  a-bovo. 


caves 

bites 

bines 

holes 

bends 

laves 

cites  . 

dines  - 

moles 

lends 

waves 

kites 

fmes 

poles 

sends 

fades 

mites 

mines 

soles 

sakes 

lades 

rites 

lines 

lobes 

wakes 

rades 

bides 

pines 

robes 

pants 

gales 

hides 

sines 

notes 

rants 

sales 

rides 

tines 

votes 

hills 

darts 

nests 

vines 

hopes 

mills 

parts 

pests 

^^ines 

ropes 

pills 

TIME. 


Chll-dren   sol-dom   thiftk  of  the  value  of  time.     But  it 
is  far  bet'ter  than  gold.     They  should  be  care-ful  to  ira* 


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prove  it  as  it  flics.  The  dnys  of  youth  \vill  soon  pass 
a-wny  ;  and  tlicy  will  ncv-er  re-turn  Those  wno  are  i-dle 
in  youth  will  regret  it  very  much  when  they  are  old.  Let 
all  child-rcn,  then,  take  warii-intr ;  ini-prtn'c  all  their  time, 
and  do  all  their  du-ty.  Thus  they  w'ill  be  both  use-ful  and 
hap-py. 


LESSON  XXL 

carts 

falls 

binds 

books 

feels 

darts 

balls 

liuds 

cooks 

heels 

harts 

calls 

hinds 

nook.:! 

keels,, 

malts 

galls 

kinds 

looks 

reels 

j)arts 

malls 

minds 

rooks 

deeds 

tarts 

palls 

winds 

hooks 

feeds 

cents 

wasps 

bolts 

cools* 

boots 

rents 

wands 

colts 

fools 

coots 

panes 

warts 

dolts 

boons 

hoots 

vanes 

warps 

jolts 

moons 

roots 

"We  love  the  lit-tle  girls  and  boja,  Hear  bow  the  li'.-tle  lark 

And  give  thera  pret-t^y  toys.  Flies  \ip  when  it  is  dark  ! 

Tlie  kit-tens  go  to  bed.  He  ris-es  up  on  high 

"When  they,  on  milk,  are  fed.  To  car-rol  in  the  sk}', 

The  bird  is  on  the  tree,  Then  down  he  cotr.es,  rou  see, 

And  chirps  its  note  for  me.  And  siis  be-nwith  the  tree. 

*'  Sprint^  is  com-ing,  Spring  is  com-ing,"  said  lit-tle 
An-nie,  "for  now  the  lit-tle  snow-drops  and  the  vi-o  lots 
are  be-gin-uing  to  peep  through  the  green  leaves.  0,h©w 
glad  1  am;  for  soon  the  air  will  be  iill-ed  with  sweet  per- 
fume, and  wc  shall  have  .so  nia-ny  pret-ty  flow-ers. 

The  mea-dows,  then,  will  be  cov-er-ed  with  fresh  grass. 
The  lit-tle  lambs  will  de-light  us  with  their  sports,  and  the 
birds  will  fill  the  for-cst  witli  their  cheerful  notes.  ~  0, 
how  de-light- ful  Spring  is! 

.    MARINERS-. 

How  cheer-y  are  the  mar-i-ncrs, 
Those 'lov-er§  of  the  sea  1 
Tl^cir  hearts  aro  like  the  crc."jt*ed  wcreei 
As  bov.nd-iug  aad  as  frnc. 


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THE   CONFEDERATE 


XXII. 

brave 

blame 

blade 

bride 

spoke 

crave 

flame 

glade 

chide 

smoke 

grave 

frame 

shade 

bribe 

scope 

shave 

shame 

grade 

tribe 

slope 

slave 

shape 

sjiade 

glide 

grope 

stave 

grape 

trade 

slide 

trope 

brake 

plate 

shine 

drove 

grace 

flake 

state 

swine 

grove 

:)lace 
Drace 

shake 

stake 

twine 

stove 

snake 

drake 

brine 

snore 

mange 

spake 

quake 

trine 

store 

range 

AGAINST  QUARRELING  AND   FIGHTING. 
Xet  dogs  de-light  to  bark  and  bite, 

For  'tis  their  na-ture  to ; 
Let  bearg  and  li-ons  growl  and  fight, 

For  God  hath  made  them  so. 

But,  ehild-ron,  you  should  nev-er  let 

Your  an-gry  pas-sions  rise ; 
Your  lit-tle  hands  were  ney-er  made 

To  tear  each  other's  eyes. 

What-ev-er  brawls  dis-turb  the  street, 
There  should  be  peace  at  home ; 

AVhere  sis-tors  dwell  and  brotk-crs  meet, 
Quar-rels  should  ncT-er  come. 

LESSON  XXIII. 

HANDS. 

''  I  have  a  pair  of  ti-ny  hands. 
They're  Ht-tle  bits  of  things ; 
But  moth-cr  says,  that  they  were  made 
To  serve  the  ''  king  of  kings." 


bland 

blank 

crack 

bring 

clung 

grand 

crank 

track 

cling 

flung 

brand 

drank 

smack 

fling 

brick 

stand 

flank 

slack 

swing 

stick 

stamp 

frank 

stack 

brink 

trick 

cramp 

prank 

quack 

think 

click 

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speck 

small 

bless 

flush 

blend 

check 

stall 

clreps    , 

crush 

spend 

smell 

crawl 

chess 

stock 

bench 

spell 

yawl 

press 

clock 

wench 

THE  LITTLE  SPARROW. 

Glad  to  seo  you,  little  bird, 

'Twas  your  littlo  chirp  I  heard; 

"What  did  you  in-tend  to  say  ? 

"  Give  mc  some-thing  this  cold  day.'' 

That  I  will,  and  plen-ty  too; 
All  these  crumbs  I  sav-ed  for  you; 
Don't  be  fright-en-ed,  here's  a  treat— 
I  will  wait  and  sec  you  eat. 

LESSON  XXIV. 

MY   LITTLE    BODY. 

My  lit-tle  body's  very  weak, 
A  fall  or  blow  my  bones  might  break  j 
The  wa-ter  soon  might  stop  my  breath, 
The  fire  might  close  my  eyes  in  death. 

But  God  can  keep  me  by  his  care, 
To  Him  I'll  say  this  lit-tle  pray-er: 
"  0,  God  !  from  harm  my  body  keep. 
Both  when  I  wake  and  when  I  sleep." 


Wor 

ds  of  Two  Sf/UahleSj  Accented  on  the  Second, 

a  bate 

be  gin 

de  base 

ra  zee 

re  tire 

►  a  bide 

be  tide 

de  vote 

re  bate 

se  date 

a  bode 

be  lie 

de  cade 

re  late 

so  lace 

a  rise 

be  dim 

de  hide 

re  print 

se  cede 

a  rose 

be  mire 

dc  nude 

re  mark 

se  cure 

a  dore 

be  side 

de  fame 

re  fine 

se  rene 

■  a  maze 

dc  ride 

de  rive 

re  lume 

se  Crete 

a  base 

de  note 

de  port 

re  clinc 

se  vere 

a  like 

dc  sire 

dc  fy 

re  bukc 

se  ducc 

«  live 

de  pose 

*de  nj 

re  viVe 

se  elude 

20  THE    CONFEDERATE 


THE  MODEL  BOY. 

Wil-liniii  is  a  good  boy.  See  liim  yonder  in  the  field 
louk-ing  af-ter  his  fiith-er's  sheep.  He  has  a  l!t-tle  box  in 
his  hand  full  of  salt.  Tlie  sheep  love  to  sec  hiiii,  for  he 
al-ways  has  some-thing  fur  them. 

Now  he  i.s  put-ting  salt  on  a  board.  See  how  they  come 
nin-ning  to  liim.  They  are  glad  to  get  it^  and  it  is  very 
good  for  them. 

Wlien  the  sliccp  .^trny  off  from  home,  he  and  the  boy 
Ned  i:tt  on  their  po-nios  and  hunt  them  up. 

Wil-liam  loves  his  moth-er,  and  al-wiiys  docs  as  she  bids 
hiiij.  When  she  sends  him  on  an  errand,  he  hev-er  plays 
by  the  v^ay.  AVhen  he  goes  to  school,  he  tries  to  learn  all 
1-is  lessons  well ;  and  when  he  is  at  home,  he  is  al-Y?ays 
try-ing  to  do  some-thing  use-ful.  Eve-rybody  loves  him; 
Jind  he  will  be  a  great  and  a  good  man  some  day. 

PLAY. 

Let  your  sports  be  gay,  but  kind  -, 

Thus  the  bod-y  helps. the  mind  ; 

Earn-est  phiys,  if  not  too  long, 

Make  both  mind  and  bod-y  strong.  ^ 

DUTIES. 

Love  God,  who  all  your  bless-ings  gives, 
With  all  your  heart  and  mind ; 
And  love  your  neigh-bor  as  your-self, 
]Je  ev-er  faitli-ful,  just  and  kind. 

Deal  with  an-other  as  you'd  havn. 

An-other  deal  with  you;  " 

What  you're  un-will-ing  to  re-ceive, 

Be  sure  you  nev-«r  do. 

LESSO.^   XXV. 

DIPHTHONGS  AND  DIGRAPHS. 

A  diphthong  is  a  union  of  two  vowels,  both  of  which 
are  sounded.     As  oil,  hud,  j^j-oiuL 

A  digraph  is  the  union  ot  two  vowels,  of  which  only 
one  15  fiQund$d.  Aa  sen,  p«?ach;  rgndi  The  digraphs  or* 
merkod  with  Mmt 


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DIPHTII0NQ3. 

i                  DIGRAPHS. 

oil 

our 

bound 

j       oar 

load 

coach 

boil 

sour 

hound 

soar 

goad 

poach 

coil 

awl 

sound 

roar 

road 

roach 

Toil 

owl 

growl' 

earn 

toad 

mails 

moil 

bout 

prowl 

learn 

cdat 

pa?'ls 

soil 

lout 

ounce 

yearn 

goat 

sae'ls 

GOD  OUR  MAKKR. 

In  six  dajs  God  made  the  world,  nnd  all  that  is  in  it. 

He  made  the  sun  to  give  light  by  day,  and  the  moon  and 
8tars  to  shine  by  night. 

The  grass,  the  plants  and  the  trees  were  made  to  a-dovn 
the  earth,  and  give  food  to  man  and  beast. 

He  made  man  in  his  Oivn  im-age,  and  placed  him  over 
all  that  He  had  made  upon  the  earth. 

When  He  had  made  all  things  He  said  they  were  very 
good. 

We  ought,  then,  to  love  God  for  what  He  had  done  for 
UH.  And  .we  ought  nev-er  to  do  any  thing  bad  iu  this  good 
world  which  He  has  made  for  our  use. 

LESSON    XXYI. 

EVENING. 

The  day-light  fades. 

The  evening  shades 
Are  gathering  round  my  head ; 

Father  above, 

1  own  the  love 
That  smooths  and  guards  my  bod. 

"While  Thou  art  near, 

I  need  not  fear 
The  gloom  of  mid-night's  hour ; 

Dear  Savior  still, 

From  every  ill, 
Defend  me,  loith  Thy  'power » 

Pardon  my  sin, 

And  enter  in, 
And  sanctify  my  heart, 

Spirit  Divine  ; 

Oh  !  make  me  thine, 
And  ne'er  from  mc  depart. 


aa 


TBI  comitoztixn 


— ■  ■     i—w earryifli^wr^Tw 


In  the  following  words,  the  vowel  a  of  the  digraph 
ea  has  no  sound ;  and  the  e  has  the  short  sound  of 
that  letter,  as  in  7a€L 

feath  er 
weath  er 
health  y 
wealth  y 
meas  ure 
trerts  ure 
pleas  ant 
pleas  lire 
jeal  ous 
zeal  ous 


bread 

breath 

earl 

ear  nest 

head 

death 

pearl 

ear  ly 

lead 

earth 

earn 

earth  ly 

read 

dearth- 

learn 

earth  en 

stead 

sweat 

yearn 

heav  en 

tread 

threat 

cleanse 

leav  en 

dread 

health 

dreamt 

clean  ly 

spread 

wealth 

meant 

search  ing 

dead 

stealth 

realm 

heav  y 

thread 

breadth 

breast 

leath  er 

To  God  all  hon-or  give, 
Ami  to  IJis  glo-ry  live. 
Be  love-lj  iu  His  eyes, 
And  tben  to  Him  a-iise. 
Those  wlio  the  Svi-vior  love, 
Shall  reii'U  with  llim  a-boY«. 


From  Yrays  of  sin  now  eenso, 

And  make  witli  God  your  peace. 

[Man's  body,  tho'  it  dies, 

Tet  it  a-gain  shall  rise. 

Of  all  your. words  take  caro, 

And  nov-er  lie  nor  swear. 


EARLY  PIETY. 

Happy  the  child,  whose  tender  years 

Receive  instruction  vrell, 
Who  hates  the  sinner's  path,  and  fears 

The  road  that  leads  to  hell, 

"  GOOD  NIGHT." 

At  night  my  mother  comes  up  stairs. 
She  comes  to  hear  us  say  our  prayers ; 
And  while  I'm  sitting  on  her  knee. 
She  always  kiss-es  little  me. 

Before  she  took  away  the  light, 
She  tucked  the  blank«ts  close  and  tight; 
And  round  about  my  sleepy  head, 
She  drew  the  curtains  of  the  bed. 

I  saw  her  walk  across  the  floor, 
And  sofdy  close  the  nurse-ry  door, 
And  then  I  called,  with  all  my  might, 
^'  Good  night,  dear  mamma,  good  night." 


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LESSON  xxyii. 

Words  of  Tioo  Syllables^  Accented  on  the  First. 


ma  ker 

giant 

bi  ter 

i  cy 

navy 

ta  ker 

fri  ar 

la  bel 

ne  gro 

tiger 

cri  er 

libel 

slimy 

pa  cer 

vi  per 

lu  nar 

fa  vor 

gro  cer 

ni  tre 

plu  ral 

metre 

wo  ful 

ro  ver 

fin  ish 

mo  live 

fitful 

tro  ver 

lior  rid 

ze  ro 

fin  ish 

wa  ver 

sol  id 

tu  lip 

lin  net 

ca  ger 

dol  lar 

tu  tor 

mil  let 

pi  lot 

dan  dy 

ce  dar 

min  ion 

pli  ant 

dap  pie 

era  zy 

mim  ic 

se  ton 

dor  sal 

tri  al 

mor  al 

libel 

ton  sil 

III  ler 

mor  tar 

do  nor 

ton  ic 

ra  ral 

pot  ter 

fla  vor 

Lat  in 

pu  pil 

pil  fer 

lia  ler 

liv  cr 

cru  et 

pup  py 

lia  ter 

liv  id 

cru  cl 

363  ter 
lat  ter 

bu  mid 

lum  ber 

gru  el 

tu  mid 

lub  ber 

vi  tal 

•  mat  ter 

idol 

ros  in 

LESSON  XXVIII. 

TOBACCO. 

I'll  never  use 

tobacco,  no! 

It  is  a  filtt^  weed; 
It  never  in  my  mouth  sliall  go, 
Said  little  Robert  Heed. 

In  the  following  words  the  e  of  the  digrapli  has 
the  first  sound  of  (•,  as  in  ?7?e,  and  the  other  vowels 
are  silent. 


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THE  OONFEDKRATE 


enst 

eat 

eave^i 

ear 

beast 

beat 

leaves 

dear 

least 

feat 

heaves 

fear 

feast 

heat 

greaves 

hear 

yeast 

meat 

weaves 

shear 

cease 

neat 

hears 

blear 

peac« 

seat 

fears 

clear 

lease 

peat 

gears 

smear 

crease 

treat 

sears 

near 

,  grease 

bleat 

tears 

rear 

Drief 

meal 

thief 

drear 

lief 

neal 

grief 

year 

ceil 

peal 

wield 

spear 

deal 

seal 

shield 

bead 

hsal 

veal 

field 

lead 

wheal 

weal 

yield 

mead 

cream 

be^an 

dream 

dean 

.  fleam 

lean 

gleam 

mean 

scream 

wean 

piece 

glean 

niece 

fierce 

liege 

pierce 

siege 

speak 

bleat 

fcjueak 

wheat 

shriek 

beam 

beach 

''  seam 

leach 

team 

preach 

3lead 
vnead 

reach 

teach 

"GOOD    NIGHT." 

[continued.] 

I  told  you  what  1  said  to  ^'  ma," 

As  she  went  back  to  sit  with  ''  pa;" 

And  now  I  wish  to  let  jou  see 

What  it  was  she  said  to  me  :  * 

That  dear  mam-ma  !  so  sweet  and  mild, 
I  heard  her  say,  ^*  God  bless  is[y  child  ;  " 
And  al-ways  when  she  goes  a-way, 
Those  arc  the  words  we  hear  her  say. 

Oh  I  wdiat  a  happy  child  am  I^ 
"When  in  my  lit-tle  crib  I  lie, 
'    Blest  by  a  ten-der  moth-er's  love, 
And  by  the  ho-ly  God  above. 

.    NOAK  AND  THK   NEW  WORLD. 

And  Noah  builded  an  altar  unto  the  Lord,  and  took  of 
eyery  clean  beast,  and  of  ever}'  clean  fowl,  and  offered 
burnt  offerings  on  the  altar.  And  the  Lord  su^elled  a 
sweet  savor,  and  the  Lord  said  in  his  heart,  I  will  not 
again  curse  the  ground  any  more  for  man's  sake ;  for  the 


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imagination  of  man^s  heart  is  evil  from  his  youth ;  neither 
will  I  smite  every  living  thing  any  more  as  I  have  done. 
AVhile  the  earth  rcmaineth,  seed  time  and  harvest,  and 
cold  and  heat,  and  summer  and  winter,  and  day  and  night, 
shall  not  cease. 

LESSON   XXIX. 
KINDNESS. 

.THE     PET     LAMB. 

Mary  had  a  little  lamb, 

Its  fleece  was  white  as  snow ; 
And  ev-e-ry-where  that  Mary  went 

The  lamb  was  sure  to  go. 

He  went  with  her  to  school  one  day, 

That  was  against  the  rule  ; 
It  made  the  children  laugh  and  play 

To  see  a  lamb  at  school. 

So  the  teacher  turned  him  out, 

But  still  he  lingered  near, 
And  waited  patiently  about, 
,  Till  Mary  did  appear. 

And  then  he' ran  to  her  and  laid 

Ilis  head  upon  her  arm,  • 
As  if  he  said,  "  I'm  not  afraid, ' 

You'll  keep  me  from  all  harm.'' 

What  makes  the  Tnmb  love  Mary  po  ? 

The  eager  children  cry ; 
"  O !  Mary  loves  the  lamb,  you  know," 

The  teacher  did  reply. 

"  And  you,  each  gentle  animal 

To  you,  for  life,  may  bind, 
And  make  it  follow  at  your  will, 

If  you  are  always  kind." 
B  '  ^ 


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THE   CONFEDERATE 


Worck  of  Tico  Sf/Uables^  Accented  on  the  Second 


a  base 
a  bate 
a  side 
a  pace 
a  maze 
a  wake 
a  ware. 
ar  rive 
cajole 
as  pire 
at  tire 
ca  nine. 


a  wake 
a  live 
a  like 
a  tone 
a  dore 
a  bode 
a  bide 
a  cute 
as  size 
ma  ture 
sa  lute 
ac  crue 


com  pare 
con  nate 
col  late 
com  pose 
con  s   me 
bap  tize 
com  mode 
com  pute 
com  mune 
com  port 
com  ply 
com  plete 


ob  late 
ad  mire 
at'  ford 
ad  vise 
as  size 
il  lume 
at  tune 
ac  quire 
ac  cede 
al  lude 
al lure 
ma  ture 


I  went  by  the  field  of  the  slothful,  and  by  the  vineyard 
of  the  man  void  of  understanding;  and  lo  I  it  was  all 
grown  over  with  thorns,  and  nettles  had  covered  the  face 
thereof;  and  the  stone  wall  thereof  was  broken  down. 

Then  I  saw  and  considered  it  well ;  I  looked  upon  it 
and  received  instruction.  Yet  a  little  sleep,  a  little  slumber, 
a  little  folding  of  the  hands  to  sleep. 

So  shall  thy  poverty  come'as  one  that  treveleth,  and  thy 
Tfant  as  an  armed  man. — lJSoIoi7ion. 

LESSON  XXX. 

SWEAR  NOT.  " 

I  must  not  uso*  God's  name  in  vuin, 

Or  ever  speak  a  word  profane; 

For  those  who  learn  to  cur.se  and  swear, 

The  children  of  the  Devil  are  : 

My  little  lips,  Oh^  may  they  be 

Attuned,  O  Lord,  to  honor  Thee !  '  ♦ 

Woi'cls  whose  Memiings  are  Alilce. 


babe 

child 

beak 

bill 

bind 

tie 

bile 

gall 

brute 

beast 

harm 

hunt  . 

sack 

bag 

hurl 

throw 

loop 

noose 

flame 

blaze 

peak 

point 

heap 

pile 

pawn 

pledge 

hide 

skin 

bilge 

leak 

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bond 

"   deed 

jest 

joke 

tine 

pVong 

boon 

gift 

lad 

boy 

glade 

lawu 

bulb 

root 

maize 

corn 

pest 

plague 

bush 

si  1  rub 

noua . 

nnme. 

poll 

head 

bulk 

size  ■  . 

lout 

clown 

blank 

void 

cowl 

hood 

den 

cave 

crude 

raw 

dread 

fear 

rind 

bark 

fain 

glad 

fib 

lie 

space 

•room 

prime 

first 

flesh 

meat 

staff 

cane 

calm 

still 

glebe 

soil  * 

stag 

deer 

bleak 

cold 

glee 

fun 

polt 

blow 

rope 

cord 

fume 

smoke 

guile 

craft 

lax 

loo^e 

flaw 

crack 

blotch 

stain 

vast 

.  great 

LITTLE  FRED. 

When  little  Fred  was  called  to  bed, 
He  always  acted  right ; 
He  kissed  mamma,  and  then  papa, 
And  wished  them  both  good  night. 

He  made  no  noise,  like  naughty  boys, 
But  softly  up  the  stairs. 
Directly  went  as  he  was  sent. 
And  always  said  his  prayers. 

Then  little  Fred,  all  snug  in  bed, 
Did  gently  go  to  sleep ; 
Nor  did  he  ever  lift  his  head, 
Till  day  began  to  peep. 

LESSON.  XXXI. 

MORNING. 

The  morninti'  bright, 

AVith  rosy  light^j. 
Hath  waked  me  from  my  sleep. 

Father !  T  own 

Thy  love  alone 
Thy  little  one  doth  keep. 


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THE   CONFEDERATE 


'  All  through  the  day, 

O  God  I  pray, 
Be  thou  my  guard  and  guide  ] 
My  sins  forgive, 
And  let  me  live, 
Dear  Savior,  near  thy  side. 

Oh,  make  Thy  rest, 

Within  my  breast, 
Great  Spirit  of  all  grace; 

Make  me  like  Thee,  , 

Then  shall  I  be 
Prepared  to  see  Thy  face. 

Words  of  Two  Si/Uables,  Accented  on  the  First. 
blem  ish         blis  ter 


bla  tant 
bla  zon 
clo  veil 
clo  ver 
car  man 
car  ver 
car  nal 
eor  nish 
dis  mal 
dim  pie 
bin  der 
hun  ter 
med  al 
men  sal 


bles  sing 
blus  ter 
blub  ber 
blun  der 
blot  ted 
bran  dish 
bram  ble 
cem  ent 
cen  sus 
cher  ry 
cber  nb 
dent  ist 
dim  ncss 


bliss  fui 
bios  soni 
bow  er 
bow  els 
bran  dj 
can  dy 
bro  ken 
bro  ker 
cin  der 
cir  cle 
civ  ic 
civ  il 
cav  il 


fin  ish 
fen  nel 
'fer  ret 
box  er 
boy  ish 
cap  tive 
cat  tie 
cal  ends 
can  vass 
clar  et 
cis  tern 
cler  gy 
clin  ic 
clos  ct 


THE  BLESSED. 

Blessed  are  the  poor  in  spirit ;  for  their's  is  the  king» 
dom  of  heaven. 

Blessed  are  they  that  mourn ;  for  they  shall  be  com- 
forted. 

Blessed  are  the  meek;  for  they  shall  inherit  the  earth. 

Blessed  are  they  who  hunger  and  thirst  after  righteous- 
ness; for  they  shall  be  filled. 

Blessed  are  the  merciful ;  for  they  shall  obtain  mercy. 

Blessed  are  the  pure  in  heart;  for  they  shnll  sec  God. 


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Blessed  are  the  peace-makers.;  for  they  shall  be  called 
the  children  of  God. 

Blessed  are  they  who  are  persecuted  foi;  righteousness' 
sake;  for  their's  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

Blessed  are  ye,  when  men  shall  revile  you,  and  persecute 
you,  and  shall  say  all  manner  of  evil  against  you  falsely, 
for  my  sake. 

Bejoice  and  be  exceeding  glad;  for  great  is  your 
reward  in  heaven ;  for  so  persecuted  they  the  prophets 
who  were  before  you. — Bible. 

LESSON  XXXIL 

now   TO  ACT. 

My  books  I  must  not  tear  or  lose. 

But  try  to  keep  them  clean  and  neat; 

And  vile  bad  words  I  must  not  use,' 
Like  those  I  hear  when  in  the  street. 

And  I  must  think  of  what  I'm  told, 

And  as  I'm  bid  must  try  to  do  ; 
I  must  not  mock  the  lame  or  old, 

Nor  should  I  say  what  is  not  true. 

These  are  the  things  I  ought  to  mind. 

And  so  I  will,  with  all  my  might ; 
For  I  am  sure  that  I  shall  find, 

I  must  be  loved,  if  I  do  ri<j7it. 


■ 

Words 

of  Five  ar 

id  Six  Letters. 

bonds 

files 

dates 

crafts 

blocks 

ponds 

miles 

fates 

dmfts 

clocks 

cures 

tiles 

gates 

grafts 

docks 

lures 

gales 

bates 

shafts 

flocks 

tunes 

tales 

mates 

rafts 

locks 

prunes  * 

loads 

pates 

^^vafts 

frocks 

spoons 

roads 

rales 

'carps 

mocks 

moons 

toads 

states 

barps 

rocks 

30  '     THE   CONFEDERATE 


Accent  means  giv-inggreat-er  force  of  ut-ter-ance  to  soidc 
one  syl-la-ble  of  a  word  than  is  giv-en  to  the  others.  The 
TVord  "  ar-ri-val  "  has  the  ac-cent  on  the  sc-cond  f^ylAa-hle — • 
ri — but  tlie  word  '^  ma-ka:''  lias  it  on  the  jlrsl-. — niu-ker — 
not  nia-ker.  Your  tcach-er  will  ex-plain  this  to  you,  and 
give  you  nia-ny  more  cx-am-ples. 

When  you  t^pell  words  al-ways  no-tice  where  the  ac-cent 
is  rc-quir-ed  to  be  pla-ced,  and  put  it  on  foi-ci-bly.  And 
when  your  teach-er  gives  out  the  words  of  your  les-son, 
lis-len  for  the  ac-cent-cd  syl-la-ble  ;  spell  the  word,  and 
then  pro-nouuce  it  your-self.  Thus  you  will  learn  by  the 
car  the  cor-rect  pro-nun-ci-a-tion  of  words.  JVev-er  al-Iov: 
yourself  to  pro-nounce  a  word  in-cor-rcct-lt/. 

LESSON  XXXIIl. 

KINDNESS. 

A  lit-tle  spring  had  lost- its  way 

A-mid  the  grass  and  fern ; 

A  pas-sing  stran-ger  scoop'd  a  well 

Where  wea-ry  men  might  turn  ; 

He  wall-ed  it  in,  and  hung  with  care, 

A  la-dle  at  the  brink. 

He  thought  not  of  the  deed  he  did. 
But  wish-ed  that  men  might  drink  ; 
He  pass-ed  again,  and  lo !  the  well. 
By  sum-mers  nev-er  dried,  , 
.Had  cool'd  ten  thou-sand  parcli-ed  tongues, 
And  sav-ed  a  life  be-aide  ! 

Spelling  is  an  im-por-tant  part  of  ed-u-ca-tion.  Boys 
and  girls  should  learn  to  spell  cor-rect-ly  while  they  are 
young.  If  they  do  not  learn  it  then,  they  nev-er  will. 
Some  per-sons  spell  ver-y  bad-ly.  All  their  friends  laugh 
at  them,  or  pi-ty  them.  Let  it  not  be  so  with  any  of  the 
child-ren  of  this  school.  Be_-gin  at  once,  and  in^arn-est. 
Stud-y  close-ly.  No-tice  ev-e-ry  let-ter.  Spell  each  word 
first  on  the  book,  and  then  off  the  book.  Make  it  a  point 
to  spell  some-thing  ev-€-ry  day,  dur-ing  the  whole  course  of 
your  ed-u-ca-tion. 


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boasts* 

chants 

douse 

bumps 

bridge 

coasts 

grants 

house 

.clumps 

midge 

roasts 

.  plants 

louse 

dumps 

ridge 

toasts 

slants 

mouse 

humps 

singe 

deals 

fields 

grouse  . 

lumps 

cringe 

heals 

.wields 

crank 

mumps 

rincje 

meals 

yields 

drank 

pumps 

since 

peals 

m  beams 

flank 

'rumps 

clung 

seals 

creams 

Drank 

ounce 

•  flung 

veals 

dreams 

Dlank 
PROVERBS. 

pounce 

stung 

A  burden  ono  chooses  is  i^ot  felt. 

A  hasty  man  never  wants  woe. 

A  man  is  a  lion  in  his  own  cause. 

As  you  make  your  bed,  so  you.  lie. 

Better  to  be  alone  than  in  bad  company. 

Friendship  cannot  stand  all  on  one  side. 

He  that  would  eat  the  kernel  must  crack  the  nut. 

LESSON  XXXIV. 

THE  LITTLE  DOO. 

I  like  to  see  a  lit-tle  dog, 
And  pat  him  on  the  head, 
So  pret-ti-ly  he  wags  his  tail, 
When-ev-er  he  is  fed. 

Some  lit-tle  dogs  arc  ver-y  good, 
And  veP-y  useful  too ; 
And  do  you  know  that  they  will  mind 
What  they  are  bid  to  do  ? 

Then  I  will  nev-er  beat  my  dog, 
And  ncv-cr  give  him  pain  ; 
Poor  fel-low  !  I  will  give  him  food, 
And  he  will  love  me  then. 


THE   CONFEDERATE 


SPELLING  AND  DEFINING. 

2^TQig^ The  exercises  in  this  department  are  inserted  rather  as 

specimens,  not  as  parts  even  of  a  regular  system — our  space  not 
permitting  the  insertion  of  .many  examples.  But  y^e  commend 
Btrong!y  to  all  teachers  the  practice  of  defining  some  -svord,  term 
or  phrase  in  every  lesson. 


a  bide 
a  bode 
ab  duce 
ab  bor 
abject 
ab  rade 
a  bridge 
ab  rupt 
ab  stain 
ab  sterge 
ab  stract 
ab  struse 
a  hvise 
a  byss 
ac  cede 
ac  cept 
ac  cess 
ac  cuse 
ac  curse 
ac  quire 
a  cute 
ad  apt 
ac  quit 


dwell 
dwelt 
witli  draw 
Late 
mean 
rub-off 
shor  ten 
crag  gy 
for  bear 
cleanse 
sep  a  rate 
hid  den 
re  yile 
gulf 
come 
re  ceive 
ap  proach 
blame 
doom 
gain 
sharp 
suit 
free 
pro  verb 


ab  er  rant.  wan  der  ing 

ab  bre  vi  ate  shdr  ten 

a  bil  i  ty  pow  er 

a  bol  ish  de  stroy 

ab  o  li  tion  de  struc  tion 

a  bom  in  ate  ab  hor 

a  bor  tive  fruit  less 
abridgement  con  trac  tion 

ab  ro  gate  re  j^eal 

ab  so  lute  com  plete 

ab  so  lu  tion  ac  quit  tal 

ab  ster  gent  cleans  ing 

ac  ci  dence  gram  mar 

ac  com  plice  as  so  ci  ate 

ac  com  plish  ful  fil 

ac  ere  tive  grow  ing 

ac  cu  ra  cy  ex  act  ness 


a  cer  bi  ty 
a  cute  ness 
ac  ri  tude 
ad  he  rence 
ad  ja  cent 
ad  um  brate 
ad  orn  ment 


sour  ness 
sharp  ness 
sharp  ness 
at  tach  ment 
con  tig  u  ous 
fore  shad  ow 
or  na  ment 


ad  age 

If  we  scrutinize  the  lives  of  men  of  gcaius,  we  shall 
find  that  activity  and  persistence  are  their  leading  charac- 
teristics. Obstacles  cannot  intimidate,  nor  labor  weary, 
nor  drudgery  disgust  them. 


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coun  ter 
coQch  ant 
coun  sel 
count  ess 
coun  ty 
coup  let 
cour  age 
cour  ser 
cour  tier 
court  ly 
court  ship 
cous  in 
oov  er 


LESSON   XXXV. 

DOMP]STIC  LOVK. 

Birds  in  their  little  nests  agree, 

And  His  a  shameful  sight, 
When  children  of  one  family 

Fall  out,  and  chide,  and  fight. 

Hard  names  at  first,  and  threat'ning  words 

Which  are  but  noisy  breath,. 
May  change  to  clubs  and  naked  swords, 

To  murder  and  to  death. 

The  devil  tempts  one  mother's  son 
•  To  rage  against  another ; 
So  wicked  Cain  was  hurried  on, 
Till  he  had  killed  his  brother. 

Pardon,  0  Lord !  our  childish  rage, 

Our  little  brawls  remove, 
That  as  we  grow  to  riper  age, 

Our  hearts  may  all  be  love. 

Words  of  Two  Syllables  Accented  on  the  First. 
con  stant       crack  er 


con  sul 
con  test 
con  text 
con  trite 
con  vent 
con-  vex 
cool  er 
coop  er 
cop  per 
CO  ping- 
cor  dage 
cor  ner 


era  die 
cran  kle 
cran  ny 
era  ven 
cray  on 
ere  dent 
crea  ture 
cred  it 
creep  er 
crest  ed 
crev  ice 
crib  bagc 


crotch  et 
crus  ty 
cryp  tic 
crys  tal 
cu  bit 
cud  die 
cud  gel 
citt  ter 
cul  prit 
cul  ture 
ciira  brous 
cu  rate 
cur  dlo 


84  THE   CONFEDERATE 

cov  ert  cos  tal  crick  et  cur  tain 

cov  et  cos  tive  crim  pie  cusli  ion 

cov  e}'-  cost  ly  crim'  son  cut  lass 

covv^  ard  cos  tume  cri  sis  cut  throat 

coy  ly  cot  tage  crisp  ness  cyg  net 

coy  ness  cot  ton  crit  ic  cyn  ic 

coz  eA  •  coun  cil  cro  cus  cym  bal 

PROFANITY. 

The  profane  abuse  of  the  adorable  name  of  the  great 
Jehovah,  before  whom  all  Heaven  bows  in  profouodest 
reverence,  has  become  shamefully  and  lamentably  preva- 
lent. It  is  a  high  -criminality.  The  great  God  has,  by 
express  command,  forbidden  it,  saying  :  "  Thou  shalt  not 
take  the  name  of  the  Lord  thy  God  in  vain;  for  the  Lord 
will  nothold  him  guiltless  that  taketh  his  name  in  vain." 

Let  every  youth  be  on  his  guard  in  .relation  to  Ihis  sin. 
It  is  evil  and  only  evil  continually.  And  a  most  fearful 
account  must  be  rendered  for  it  at  the  last  day.  ''  /Siveai' 
not/'  said  the  Divine  Instructor 

LESSON  XXXYI. 

THE    HONEST   BOY.  * 

Once  there  was  a  little  boy, 
With  curly  hair  and  pleasant  eye, 
A  boy  who  always  told  the  truth. 
And  never,  never  told  a  lie. 

And  when  he  trotted  off  to  school 

The  children  all  about  would  cry, 

^'  There  goes  the  curly  headed  boy —  , 

The  boy  that  never  told  a  lie." 

And  every  body  loved  him  so, 

Because  he  always  told  the  truth, 

Tliat  every  day,  as  he  grew  up, 

'Twas  said,  "  There  goes  the  honest  youth.'^. 

And  when  the  people  that  stood  near 
Would  turn  to  ask  the  reason  why, 
The  answer  would  be  always  this, 
"  Because  he  never  tells  a  lie," 


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85 


brinks 

crests 

worst 

didst 

slept 

beeves 

drinks 

quests 

curst 

midst 

crept 

leaves  ' 

links 

chests 

durst. 

blest 

swept 

cleaves 

minks 

breasts 

-  thirst 

chest 

grows 

splice 

pinks 

charts 

crest 

crust 

knows 

slice 

sinks 

smarts 

guest 

trust 

doves 

trice 

winks 

first 

birth 

brunt 

loves 

sa?ht 

clinks 

burst 

mirth 

grunt 

shoves 

tamt 

paint 

sCakes 

cringe 

sleisht 

burns 

camps 

quaint 

quakes 

fringe 

flight 

churns 

damps  " 

brains 

ledge 

hinge 

plight 

spurns 

lamps 

grains 

hedge 

singe 

slight 

turns 

clamps 

blains 

dredge 

colts 

bright 

dines 

stamps 

chains 

pledge 

dolts 

fright 

lines 

vamps 

drakes 

sledge 

motes 

might 

shines 

ramps 

flakes 

wedge 

quotes 

light 

spines 

tramps 

MONTHS,  DAYS  AND  SEASONS. 

The  twelve  months  of  the  yeav  arc  divided  into  four 
seasons  :  Spring,  Summer,  Autumn  nno  Winter.  Spring 
includes  March,  April  and  May.  Thu  Summer  months 
are  June,  July  and  August.  The  Autumn  or  Fall  season 
embraces  September,  October  and  November.  The  Winter 
months  are  December,  January  and  February. 

The  number  of  days  belonging  to  the  mouths  respec- 
tively is  as  follows  : 

Thirty  days  have  September, 
April,  June  and  November  ; 
February  has  twenty-eight  alone, 
And  all  the  rest  have  thirty-one. 

LESSON  XXXVII. 

TIIR   EARTH. 

The  Earth  is  a  larfre  globe.  It  is  round  like  a  ball.  The 
distance  through  it  is  nearly  eight  thousand  miles.  It 
turns  around  upon  its  axis  once  in  twenty-foufJiours.  It 
receives  light  and  heat  from  the  sun. 

Darkness  is  simply  the  absence  of  light.  That  half  of 
the  earth  which  is  turned  toward  the  suu  has  day.  That 
which  is  turned  from  it  has  night. 


86 


THE  CONFEDERATE 


Although  the  earth  is  nearly  round,  its  surfaoe  is  quite 
irregular.  It  has  its  lofty  mountains,  and  its  deep  valleys, 
its  hills  and  its  dales,  its  deserts  and  its  grassy  plains,  its 
mighty  oceans,  and  its  many  streams  of  water. 

It  is  Tery  pleasing  and  instructive  to  read  about  the 
different  parts  of  the  earth.  Every  child  should  strive  to 
obtain  that  kind  of  knowledge.  The  science  which  treats 
of  the  earth's  surface  is  called  Geography.  Ife^is  a  very 
pleasant  and  useful  study. 

The  science  which  tells  about  those  parts  of  the  earth 
which  are  below  the  surface  is  called  Geology.  It  brings 
to  light  a  great  many  very' curious  things.  Metals  and 
many  other  useful  things  are  dug  out  of  the  earth. 

Words  of*  Two  Syllables,  Accented  on  the  Second. 


ad  mit 
ad  vert 
ad  ept 
adjust 
at  tach 
ar  rest 
at  tract 
as  sent 
de  tect 
di  rect 
de  bar  ' 
de  test 
de  duct 
de  mur 


an  nex 
an  nul 
as  sert 
at  tend 
oc  cur 
ob  ject 
oc  cult 
re  dress 
re  gard 
re  gret 
reject 
de  ter 
de  fer 
re  fund 


at  test 
at  tent 
at  tinge 
at  tune 
ar  ray 
ac  cord 
ac  cost 
ap  peal 
ap  pear 
be  get 
be  gin 
be  set 
de  bark 
de  feet 


com  mit 
com  press 
con  cern 
con  fer 
con  feet 
con  firm 
con  nect 
con  sent 
con  tent 
cor  rupt 
con  vict 
con  vince 
con  sist 
con  suit 


LESSON  XXXVIII. 
JOT  AND    GRATITUDE. 
How  thankful  should  we  always  be 

That  we  have  life  and  food  ;  • 
So  little  suffering  see, 
So  much  abounding  good  ! 


BPELLINa  BOOK.  87 


Thus  warblers  in  the  wood 

Their  cheerful  notes  employ ; 
When  they're  enough  of  food, 

How  constant  is  their  joy  ! 

Then  we,^with  reason ^s  gift, 

And  all  God's  goodness  crowned, 

Should  thus  our  voices  lift, 
And  His  high  praise  resound. 

The  foUowmg  Words  have  Ojiposite  Meanings. 

free  dora  slave  ry  in  hale  ex  hale     hil  ly,  lev  el 

feeling  numb  nesa  af  firm  deny        double  single 

import  export  simple  com  plex  wis  dom  folly 

col  lect  scat  ter  a  base  ex  alt        for  mer  lat  ter 

flourish  with  er  di  verge  converge  lar  ger  small  or 

ma  jor  min  or  zc  nith  na  dir       con  vex  con  cave 

small  er  great  er  sum  mer  win  ter     ere  ate  do  stroy 

of  ten  sel  dom  long  er  short  er    dam  age  pr(J  fit 

in  let  out  let  dis  sent  a  gree       pro  fane  sa  cred 

has  ten  loi  ter  in  duee  e  duce      en  camp  de  camp 

former  latter  inspire  expire     advance  retreat 

i  die  bu  sy  pub  lie  pri  vate    up  per  un  der 

ac  tivo  clum  sy  pret  ty  ug  ly         in  most  out  most 

mat  ter  spir  it  in  crease  de  crease  a  bove  be  low 

love  ly  hate  ful  pro  fuse  stin  o^y      be  hind  be  fore 

ho  ly  sin  ful  pa  tient  fret  ful     ac  ccpt  re  ject     * 

A  good  name  is  rather  to  be  chosen  than  great  riches; 
and  loving  favor  rather  than  silver  and  gold. 

The  memory  of  the  just  is  blessed ;  but  the  name  of 
the  wicked  shall  rot. 

The  righteous  shall  bo  had  in  everlasting  remembrance. 

He  shall  be  like  a  tree  planted  by  the  rivers  of  water ; 
his  leaf  shall  not  wither. 

The  ungodly  are  not  so;  but  arc  as  the  chaff  which  the 
wind  driVeth  away. — Bible. 


38  THE  CONFEDERATE 


LESSON  XXXIX. 

LITTLE  THINGS. 
Little  drops  of  water, 

Little  grains  of  gaud, 
Make  the  mighty  ocean 

And  the  beauteous  land. 

And  the  little  moments, 

Humble  tbo'  they  be, 
Make  the  mighty  ages 

Of  eternity. 

•  So  our  little  errors 

Lead  the  soul  away 
From  the  paths  of  virtue, 
Oft  in  sin  to  stray. 

Little  deeds  of  kindness, 

Little  deeds  of  love,' 
Make  our  earth  an  Eden, 

Like  the  Heaven  above. 

Little  seeds  of  mercy. 

Sown  by  youthful  hands, 
Grow  to  bless  the  nations, 
^  "  Far  in  heathen  lands. 

Words  of  Two  SyllaUes^  Accented  on  the  Second. 

de  fine  e  lect  ex  ceed  ex  treme 

de  grade  em  bale  ex  clann  .      ex  trude 

de  lade  em  balm  ex  elude  ex  ude 

de  gree  em  blaze  ex  eel  ■  ex  Tilt 

de  note  em  boss  ex  cept  for  bid 

de  nude  en  chain  ex  cern  for  get 

de  pute  en  chant  ex  cess  ful  fil 

de-range  en  close  ex  change  gre  nade 

de  duce  en  croach  ex  cise  hu  mane 


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de  i:ive 

en  gage 

ex  cite 

il  lude 

de  vote 

en  large 

ex  cttse 

im  mure 

dis  da  ill 

enjoy 

ex  cuss 

.    im  pose 

dis  course 

en  list 

'    exempt 

im  pure 

dis  creet 

en  rich 

ex  ert 

nar  rate 

dis  gust 

en  robe 

ex  hale 

neg  lect 

disjoin 

en  rol 

ex  hort 

o  pine 

dis  mount 

en  snare 

ex  pand 

0  mit 

dis  play  ' 

en  throne 

ex  pause 

'op  pose 

dis  please 

en  tice 

ex  pend 

ob  struct 

dis  plode 

en  tire 

ex  pense 

object 

dis  port 

es  cort 

ex  pert 

o  vert 

dis  pose 

es  tate 

ex  pi  re 

ob  tain 

dis  praise 

es  teem 

ex  pi  am 

per  tain 

dis  proof 

es  trange 

ex  plode 

pre  pare 

dis  prove 

e  vade 

ex  plore 

pro  pose 

dis  tract 

e  vent 

ex  port 

re  tain 

dis  tress 

c  vert 

ex  pose 

re  veal 

dis  turb 

e  vict 

ex  press 

re  vere 

e  clipse 

e  vince 

ex  tant 

re  voKe 

e  duce 

e  volve 

ex  tend 

re  view- 

ef  feet 

ex  act 

ex  tinct 

re  vise 

e lapse* 

ex  alt 

ex  tort 

se  Crete 

PROVERBS. 

Reckless  youth  brings  rueful  age. 

Kule  the  appetite  and  temper  the  tongue. 

Ruin  is  easier  made  than  mended. 

Silks  and  satins  put  out  the  kitchen  fire. 

Search  others  for  virtues,  thyself  for  faults. 

Sauce  for  the  goose  is  sauce  for  the  gander. 

Seek  a  beggar  and  catch  a  louse. 

Saying  and  doing  are  two  things. 

Send  a  thief  to  catch  a  thief. 

Sharp  appetites  need  no  rich  sauces. 

She  shows  more  airs  than  craces. 


40 


THE  .CONFEDERATE 


LESSON  XL. 
LOVE  ONE  ANOTHER. 

A  little  girl  with  happy  loot, 

Sat  slowly  reading  a  pond'rous  book, 

All  bound  with  yelret  and  edged  with  gold, 

And  its  weight  was  more  than  the  child  could  hold  ; 

And  dearly  she  loved  to  ponder  it  o'er, 

And  every  day  she  prized  it  more, 

Eor,  as  she  looked  at  her  dear  little  brother, 

It  said,  "  Little  children  must  love  one  another." 

She  thought  it  was  beautiful  in  that  book. 

And  the  lesson  home  to  her  heart  she  took ; 

She  walked  on  her  way  with  a  trusting  grace 

And  a  dove-like  look  on  her  meek  young  face, 

Which  said  as  plain  as  words  could  say. 

The  Holy  Bible  I  must  obey ; 

So,  mamma,  I'll  be~kind  to  my  darling  brother. 

I  am  sorry  he  is  naughty  and  will  not  pray, 

But  I'll  love  him  still,  for  I  think  the  way 

To  make  aim  kind  and  gentle  to  me, 

Will  be  better  shown,  if  I  let  him  sec 

I  strive  to  do  what  I  think  is  right; 

And  thus  when  I  kneel  to  pray  to-night, 

I  will  clasp  my  arms  around  my  brother, 

And  say,  ''Little  children  must  love  one  another." 

The  little  girl  did  as  the  Bible  taught, 

And  pleasant  indeed  was  the  change  it  wrought; 

For  the  boy  looked  up  in  glad  surprise, 

To  meet  the  light  of  her  loving  eyes; 

His  heart  was  full,  he  couid  not  speak. 

He  pressed  a  kiss  on  his  sister's  cheek ; 

And  Crod  looked  down  on  the  happy  mother, 

Whose  little  children  loved  each  other. 


clams 

words 

blains 

brawls 

batch 

drams 

works 

chains 

crawls 

catch 

crams 

worms 

scrapes 

shawls 

hatch 

skims 

launch 

drapes 

sprawls. 

latch 

swims 

lunch 

grapes 

yawls 

match 

plums 

munch 

crones 

brash 

snatch 

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drums . 

bones 

drones 

crasli 

swamp 

scraps 

cones 

jerks 

march 

swarm 

straps 

stones 

smerks 

starch    . 

drawn 

barks 

blinds 

shells 

parch 

spawn 

marks 

minds 

smells 

squash 

Ijtwns 

sparks 

winds 

swells 

swash 

yawns 

A  RUINED  CHARACTER. 

* 

The  poet's  assertion  thut  '^  the  boy  is  father  to  the 
man'' — that  is,  shapes  his  destiny,  is  strikingly  illustrated 
by  the  following  incidents  : 

Not  long  since,  in  a  certain  neighborhood-,  a  man  was 
wandering  in  search  ef  employment.  lie  called  at  a 
respectable  farmer's  house,  and  told  his  errand. 

"  What  is  your  name?'^  asked  the  man. 

''  Jonathan  Gilman,"  was  the  reply. 

''Jonathan  Oilman!  the  same  who  lived  near  here 
when  aboy  ?" 

"  The  same,  sir." 

"  I  will  not  employ  you  then.^^ 

Poor  Jonathan,  surprised  at  such  a  reply,  passed  on  (0 
the  next  farmer's;  but  the  same  reply  was  given.  He 
soon  came  in  sight  of  an  old  schoohhouse. 

"Ah,"  said  ho,  ''I  understand  it  now..  I  was  a 
school  boy  there  once,  but  what  kind  of  school  boy  '/ 
Lazy  and  disobedicilt.  And  although  I  am  now  in  a 
measure  reformed,  they  all  think  me  the  same  kind  of  a 
man  as  I  Vv-as  a  boy.  O  that  I  had  done  my  duty  when  at 
school !  then  again  could  I  dwell  pleasantly  in  the  laud  of 
of  my  birth." 

School  boys  and  school  girls,  please  remember  that  your 
school  mates  will  be  likffly  to  look  upon  you  in  manhood 
or  womanhood  as  they  did  in  youth.  Then,  in  your  school 
days,  prepare  for  noble  men  and  women. 

LESSON  XLL 

PROVERBS. 

A  lie  has  no  legs,  but  scandal  has  wings. 
A  bad  workman  quarrels  with  his  tools.. 
A  happy  heart  makes  a  blooming  countenance. 
A  clear  conscience  fears  no  accusation. 
A  fat  kitchen  makes  a  lean  will. 


42 


THE  CONFEDERATE 


A  fault  confessed  is  half  redressed. 

A  fool  and  his  money  are  soon  parted. 

A  chip  of  the  old  block.     After  death  tho  dootor. 

A  friend  in  need  is  a  friend  indeed. 

A  good,  name  keeps  its  Instre  in  the  dark. 

A  good  word  is  as  soon  said  as  an  ill  one. 

Whore  the  miser  has  trod  the  goose  cannot  graze. 

A^grcat  dowry  is  a  bed  full  of  troubles. 

A  light  heeled  mother — a  heavy  heeled  daughter. 

All  are  not  hunters  that  blow  the  horn. 

All  is  not  gold  that  shines. 

Wordi  so  nearly  alike  that  they  may  he  icsed  far  mch  other. 


art  fill 
bos  ky 
bon  ny 
clam  my 
dis  mal 
ea  gcr 
essay 
be  best 
clas  tard 
as  sault 
ad  age 
bib  ber 
bod  y 
af  fairs 
ail  ment 
pa  pil 
ten  or 
rap  iae 
Tor  tex 
res  ponse 
bear  say 
bol  ster 
.  gar  bage 
cus  torn 
gen  tile 
lor  ceps 
thral  dora 
reek  on 


craf  ty 
syl  van 
ban (7  some 
vis  ciis 
lu  rid 
*ar  dent 
at  tempt 
com  mand 
cow  ard 
at  tack 
prov  erb 
tip  pier 
sub  stance 
con  corns 
ill  ness 
stn  dent 
pur  port 
plan  der 
ed  dy 
re  ply 
ru  mor 
cush  ion 
of  f Ul 
prac  tice 
Ilea  then 
pfn  ccrs 
slave  ry 
com  pute 


cun  nmg 
ru  ral 
pret  ty 
sli  my 
gloom  y 
ear  nest 
tri  al 
man  date 
pol  troon 
on  set 
say  ing 
drunk  ard 
mat  ter 
bu  si  ness 
sick  ness 
scbol  ar 
mean  ing 
pil  l;ige 
whirl  pool 
an  swer 
re  port 
pil  low 
ref  use 
"u  sage 
Pa  gan 
nip  pers 
bon  dage 
num  ber 


re  nounce 
dis  own 
J  back  bite 
( de  fame 
de  prave 
cor  rupt 
( ex  hort 
I  ad  vise 
j  ex  pand 
I  ex  tend 
j  im  pede 
[  re  tard 
se  date 
so  ber 
in  tend 
de  s\gxi 
j  dan  die 
j  ca  ress 
/  ig  nite 
\  in  flame 
]  reck  on 
I  com  pute 
con  sole 
com  fort 
bur  nish 
pol  isb 
j  pre  diet 
(fore  tell 


SPELLING  BOOK.  43 


CniNESB  "WALL. 

This  famous  structure  is  one  of  tho  most  remarkable 
monuments  of  huuian  industry  on  the  face  of  the 'globe. 
It  passes  over  high  mountains,  and  crosses  deep  valjeys. 
In  many  places  it  is  strongly  built,  and  fortified  with 
towers,  at  regular  intervals.  It  is,  for  the  most  part,  of 
brick,  restino:  on  foundations  of  stone.  It  is  twelvo 
hundred  and  fifty  miles  long,  and  it  employed  several 
millions  of  men  five  years  in  its  con«truction. 

LESSON  XLII. 

HOME  AND   FEIENDS. 

Oh,  there's  a  power  to  make  each  hour 

As  sweet  as  heaven  designed  it; 
Nor  need  we  roam  to  bring  it  home, 

Though  few  there  be  who  find  it ! 

.AVe  seek  too  high  for  things  close  by, 

And  lose  what  nature  fouud  us; 
For  life  has  here  no  charms  so  dear 

As  Home  and  Friends  around  us  ! 

We  oft  destroy  the  present  joy 

For  future  hopes — and  praise  them  ; 
While  flowers  as  sweet  bloom  at  our  feet 

If  we'd  but  stoop  to  raise  them  ! 

For  things  afar  still  sweetest  are,  • 

When  youth's  bright  spell  hath  bound  us  ; 

But  soon  we're  taught  that  earth  hath  naught 
Like  Home  and  Friends  around  us  I 

The  Friends  that  speed  in  time  of  need, 

When  Ilojie's  last  reed  is  shaken, 
To  show  us  still,  that  come  what  will, 

We  are  not  quite  fors;aken  I 

Though  all  were  night — if  but  the  light 

From  Friendship's  altar  ciown'd  us, 
'Twould  prove  the  bliss  of  earth  was  this — 

Our  Home  and  Friends  around  us  ! 


# 


k 


44 


THE  CONFEDERATE 


PROVERBS. 

He  that  lives  badly  one  year  sorrows  for  it  seven. 

He  that  reckons  without  his  host  may  reckon  again. 

He  that  runs  fast  will  not  run  long. 

He  that  runs  in  the  night  stumbles. 

He  that^tays  in  the  valley  will  never  get  over  the  hill. 

He  who  sows  not  corn  plants  thistles. 

He  that  will  not  be  counselled  cannot  be  helped. 

He  that  will  steal  an  egg  will  steal  an  ox. 

He  that  rises  late,  never  does  a  good  day's  work. 

He  that  runs  after  a  shadow  has  a  wearisome  race. 

He  that  sows  brambles  must  not  go  bare  foot. 

He  who  swims  in  sin  will  sink  in  sorrow. 

He  who  would  catch  fish  must  not  mind  getting  wet. 

Hiders  are  good  finders.     Hot  sup,  hot  swallow. 

Home  is  home,  be  it  ever  so  homely. 

Humility  is  the  foundation  of  all  virtue. 

I  can  see  as  far  into  a  mill  stone  as  the  picker.  . 

Idle  folks  have  the  most  labor. 

If  the  cap  fits,  wear  it.     Kissing  goes  by  favor. 

Idleness  is  the  parent  of  want  and  shame. 


Words  of 

Tib  ne  gate 
nb  ro  gate    , 
iab  so  lute 
ab  so,  nant . 
ab  sti  nence 
ab  la  tive 
ac  o  lent 
ad  di  ble 
am  e  tliyst 
am  i  tj 
am.  o  list 
am  o  rous 
am  pie  ness 
am  pli  ate 
am  pli  fy 
am  pli  tude 


Three  Syllahles^ 

ac  tu  al 
an  i  mal 
an  i  mate 
an  nal  ist 
an  nu  al 
an  nu  lar 
an  nu  let 
an  o  dyne 
an  o  my 
an  swer  er 
an  te  date 
an  te  lope 
an  te  past 
choc  o  late 
cic  a  trice 
cic  a  trize 


Accented  on  the  First 

come.li  ness 
com  for  ter 
com  ic  al 
com  mi  grate 
com  pe  tent 
com  mo  dore 
com  mon  er 
cor  mo  rant 
com  plae's  ance 
com  pli  mcnt 
com  pli  cate 
com  })ro  mise 
con  di  ment 
con  fi  dent 
con  fi  dence 
con  flu  ent 


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45 


am  pu  tate 
am  u  let 
an  a  gram 
an  a lyze 
an  a  pest 
am  bas  sago 
am  bi  ent 
am  i  ty 
am  nes  ty 
an  ces  tor 
an  ces  try 
and  i  ron 
an  CO  dote 
an  ge  lot 
an  gli  can 
an  gri  ly 
an  gu  lar 
an  gu  lous 
an  cho  vy 
ap  er  ture 


cal  cii  late 
cim  e  ter' 
cir  ca  lar 
cir  cu  late 
cir  cum  flex 
cit  i  zen 
civ  il  ize 
clar  i  on 
clar  i  fy 
cal  an  der 
col  li  quate 
col  lo  cate 
col  lo  quy 
col  o  nize 
col  o  ny 
col  or  ing"" 
col  or  less 
com  bat  ant 
com  bi  nate 
com  e  dy 


but  ter  fly 
cab  i  net 
cal  e  fy 
cal i  ber 
cal.o  mel 
(Tal  um  ny 
cap  ti  vate 
cas  u  ist 
cat  a  combs 
car  ni  val 
car  a  van 
ca  pa  ble 
cat  a  ract 
cat  a  pult 
cen  tu  ry 
cen'tri  cal 
cir  cu  lar 
cen  ti  pede 
cen  tu  pie 
ccr  ti  fy 


LESSON  XLIII. 
AGAINST   IDLENESS. 

How  doth  the  little  busy  bee 
Improve  each  shining  hour, 

And  gather  honey  all  the  day, 
From  every  opening  flower. 

How  skillfully  she  builds  her  cell, 
^    How  neat  she  spreads  her  wax  ! 
And  labors  hard  to  store  it  well, 
With  the  Bweet  food  she  makoB. 

In  work"!  of  labor,  or  of  skill, 

I  should  be  busy  too ; 
For  Satan  finds  some  mischief  still, 

For  idle  hands  to  do. 

In  bookB,  or  work,  or  healthful  play, 
Lot  my  first  ycjirs  bo  past, 

That  I  may  give,  for  every  day, 
Some  good  account  at  last. 


46  THE   CONFEDERATE 

Worcls  of  Two  Syllables^  Accented  on  the  First. 

marble  mindful  number  pilgrim 

mar  gin  mod  est  nurs  ling  pin  cers 

mar  kct  mon  ster  nov  ice  pig  my 

mar  mot  mys  tic  new  ly  pis  tol 

mar  tin  mil  ler  nim  ble  priv  et 

mar  qnis  mil  ky  nine  ty  priv  y 

mar  vel  min  im  Nes  tor  pub  lish 

mas  tiff.  muf  fler  op  tic-  pun  ish 

mem  ber  mum  ble  oc  tave  pun  ster 

mus  lin  muz  zlc  or  gan  pur  pic 

muster  murmur  om  let  printer 

mer  cer  mus  ty  ot  ter  pur  chase 

mit  tens  mut  ton  pen  cil 

mir  ror  mum  my  pen  ny 

PROVERBS. 
Good  works  cost  nothing )  but  are  of  'great  value. 
Have  not  the  cloak  to  make  when  it  begins  to  rain. 
If  you  wish  a  thing  done,  go;  if  not,  send. 
Men  apt  to  promise  arc  apt  to  forget. 
In  a  calm  sea  every  man  is  pilot. 

Alms-giving  never  made  any  man  poor,  nor  robbery  rich, 
nor  prosperity  wise. 

A  liar  is  not  believed  when  he  speaks  the  truth. 
Forget  others'  faults  by  remembering  your  own. 
It  costs  more  to  revenge  injuries  .than  to  bear  them. 
Never  be  weary  of  well-doing. 
One  ill  example  spoils  many  good  precepts. 

LESSON  XLIV. 
WORKS  AND  POWER  OF   OOD.    • 
There's  not  a  piant  or  flower  below 
But  makes  God's  glories  known  ; 
And  clouds  arise  and  tempests  blow, 
By  order  from  His  throne. 


SPELLING   BOOK. 


47 


Creatures,  as  numerous  as  they  be, 

Are  subject  to  his  care  ; 
There's  not  a  place  where  we  can  flee, 

But  God  is  present  there. 

His  hand  is  my  perpetual  guard,  ' 

He  keeps  me  with  His  eye; 
Why  should  I  forget  the  Lord, 

Who  is  forever  nigh  ? 

The  good  Samaritan  occupies  a  high  niche  in  the  temple 
of  faine ;  but  the  oold  hearted  wretches  who  despised  the 
sufferings  of  him  that  was  ready  to  perish  are  consigned  U 
everlasting  infamy. 

To  do  good,  and  to  communicate,  forget  not;  for  with 
such  sacrifices  God  is  well  pleased. 

Words  of  Three  Syllables^  Accented  on  the  Second. 


a  base  ment 
a  tone  ment 
a  bu  sive 
ad  he  sive 
ac  cu  ser 
ar  ri  val 
de  base  ment 
de  ci  eive 
cor  ro  8iv;e" 

he  ro  ic 
hu  mane  ly 
de  mure  ly 
se  cure  ly 
sin  cere  ly 
sur  vey  or 
pur  vey  or 
sur  vey  ing 
de  fray  nient 


con  clu  sive 
de  lu  sive 
en  casement 
en  tail  ment 
en  rol  ment 
in  cite  ment 
in  ci  sor 
in  ci  sive 
in  he  sive 

nar  ra  tor 
cu  ra  tor 
en  no  ble 
en  a  ble 
ob  Rcure  \y 
se  rene  ly 
se  date  ness 
en  slave  ment 
dis  fa  vor 


in  de  cent 
ad  ja  cent 
€  lope  ment 
en  du  ranee 
en  snare  ment 
en  fee  ble 
c  qua  tor 
e  rase  ment 
hi  a  tus 

di  vi  sor 
Pa  go  da 
ad  ju  tor 
Oc  to  ber 
de  port  ment 
de  po  nent 
po  ma  tum 
po  ta  to 
de  ba  tor 


48 


THE   CONFEDERATE 


nar  ra  tor 
ac  cu  scr 
re  fu  sal 
de  tru  sive 
a  muse  ment 
en  su  rer 
su  pine  \y 
su  preme"  ly 
un  time  ly 
en  tire  \j 


tor  pe  do 
tor  na  do 
in  tru  der 
vi  ra  go 
pro  fuse  ly 
ver  bose  ly 
se  date  ly 
se  date  ness 
ino  rose  ness 
un  sha  ken 

LESSON  XLV. 

SOURCES  OF  LIGHT. 


un  sta  ble 
un  seem  ly 
ac  quaint  ance 
ac  quire  ment 
a  bode  ment 
ar  thrit  ic 
as  bes  tos 
at  ten  live 
at  tor  ney 
a  ver  ment 


The  moon  and  planets,  while  they  run, 
Their  circles  round  the  night, 

Receive  their  lustre  from  the  sun, 
Source  of  created  light. 

Angels  and  saints  on  earth  alone 

Beauty  and  bliss  obtain, 
From  Him  that  sits  upon  the  throne. 

The  Lamb,  that  once  was  slain. 

Oh  sun  of  righteousness,  impart 

Thy  glorious  light  divine  ; 
On  every  school,  in  every  heart, 

Arise  and  ever  shine. 

Words  of  Two  Syllables^  Accented  on  the  First. 


ran  ter 

sliut  ter 

stub  born 

tur  nip 

rcn  der 

shuf  fie 

stur  dy 

ty  rant 

ros  in    - 

sim  per 

sub  ject 

twen  ty 

rot  ten 

sin  gle 

sul  len 

twist  ed 

rec  tor 

sick  ness 

sum  mon 

var  nish 

rus  ty 

sim  pie 

sur  face 

yap  id 

scg  ment 

sys  tern 

sur  plus 

ver  min 

sev  er 

skill  ful 

swel  try 

ver  dure 

SPETJ.INC}    HOOK.  49 


sex  ton  skit  tish  tar  cly  vis  age 

sen  try  six  tj  tat  ter  vig  ils 

ser  pent  squan  der  tax  es  vict  ualvS 

six  pence  squal  id  tap  ster  vi  ands 

"sliel  ter  stam  mer  tor  rid  vie  tim 

sliiv  er  stin  gy  tur  gid  vil  lc7in 

THE  LO.-^fi  OF  EARLY  PrRITY  OF  CH  A  RACIER. 

Over  the  beauty  of  the  plum  nnd  tlit>.  apricot,  there 
grows  a  bloom  and  beauty  more  ex<i[Ui?Bite  than  the  fruit 
itself — a  soft  delicate  plush  that  overspreads  its  blushicg 
chfck.  Now  if  you  strike  your  hiiud  over  that,  and  it  is 
once  gone,  it  is  gone   forever,  for  it  never  grows  but  once. 

Take  the  flower  that  hangs  in  the  moruing  impearled  in 
dew — arrayed  as  no  queenly  woman  ever  was  arrayed  with 
jewels.  Once  shake  it  so  that  the  beads  roll  off,  and  you 
may  sprinkle  water  over  it  as  carefully  as  you  please,  yet 
it  can  never  be  made  again  what  it  was  when  the  dew  fell 
silently  upon  it  from  heaven  I  On  a  frosty  morning  you 
may  see  the  panes  of  glass  covered  vritli  landscape,  moun- 
tains, lakes,  trees,  blcudino;  in  a  beautiful,  fantasti?^  picture. 
Now  lay  your  hand  upon  the  glass,  and  by  the  scratcli  of 
your  finger,  or  by  the  warmth  of  your  paJm^  all  the  delicate 
tracery  will  be  obliterated. 

So  there  is  in  youth  a  beauty  and  purity  of  character, 
which  when  once  touched  and  defiled,'  can  never  be 
restored  ;  a  fringe  more  dclicDte  than  frost  work,  and 
which,  when  torn  or  broken,  will  never  be  ve-cmbroidered. 
A  man  who  has  spotted  and  spoiled  his  garments  in  youth, 
thouL-h  he  may  seek  to  make  them  wliite  again,  can  never 
wholly  do  it,  even  were  he  to  wash  them  with  his  tears. 

When  a  young  man  leaves  his  father's  house,  with  the 
blessings  of  his  mother's  tears  still  wet  upon  his  forehead, 
if  he  once  loses  that  early  purity  of  character,  it  is  a  loss 
that  be  never  can  make  whole  «gar!i.  Such  is  the  consc- 
([ucnce  of  crime.  Its  etfccts  cannot  be  eradicated  ;  it  can 
only  be  forgiven.  It  is  a  stain  of  blood  (hat  we  can  neror 
make  white,  and  which  cau  .be  washed  away  only  in  the 
blood  of  Christ  that  "  eloauseth  from  all  sin  !  " 


50  -  THE   CONFEDEEATE 


LESSON  XLVI. 

THE  BIRD  OF. SPRING. 

Sweet  bird,  thy  bovver  is  ever  fair, 
Thy  sky  is  ever  clear  : 
Thou  hast  no  sorrotv  in  thy  song, 
No  winter  in  thy  year. 

EMPHASIS. 

That  force  of  utterance  which  we  give  to  certain  words, 
to  bring  out  their  sense  strongly,  is  called  emphasis.  It  is 
very  important,  both  in  speaking  and  reading,  to  consider 
what  the  fiense  requires,  and  so  to  place  the  emphasis  as  to 
bring  it  fully  out.  Below  you  will  lind  several  examples 
for  frequent  practice.  Your  teachers  will  take  pleasure 
also  in  furnishing  many  more:  Be  studious,  and  you  will 
excel.  ItiseasiertoZo.se  than  to  gain.  Those  who  siccll 
in  pvosperitij  will  shrink  in  advcrnitij.  When  man  sins 
angels  weep  and  devils  rejoice.  "We  live  in  two  worlds — a 
natural  and  a  spiritual  world.  ^\'ience  has  no  niemj/, 
except  ifjnorancc.  We  cannot  love  those  whom  we  do  not 
respect.  The  good  man  has  God  in  his  heart.,  even  wlien 
He  is  not  in  his  mouth;  but  the  hypocrite  has  God  in  his 
mouth  without  having  Him  in  his  Jteart.  Nothing  sow, 
nothing  reap. 

Words  oj  Two  SyllaUes^  Accented  on  theJFirst. 

babble  poplar  beggar  kindle 

gan  der  gen  der  sud  den  lim  ber 

bin  der  gip  sy  pot  ter  cam  el 

gen  tile  pul  ley  gird  or  gar  ment 

bun  die  gar  ret  gel  id  pon  dor 

glibly  plunder  ravage  pi  n^  pie 

lob  Ktcr  bill  lad  •  glim  mer  ger  man 

ges  ture  pad  die  suck  er  sul  \Qn 

mid  die  glean  er  buf  fet  gar  net 

gin  gle  spat  ter  ^ar  nish  glo  ry 

mar  mot  mag  pie  prim  er  cam  let 

glow  worm  glow  ing  ket  tie  pud  die 


SFELLI^^Ci'  BOOK.  51 


gen  try  pot  ter  glov  er  gin  ten 

suffer  girdle  pippin  garland 

gath  er  gawnt  let  girl  ish  rav  age 

huddle  //um  Ijle  gloomy  rabble 

sim  pie  sin  glc  lum  ber  gar  lick 

gleam  y  glee  ful  ger  und  g/^ast  ly 

trav  el  dam  son  geor  gic  sim  mer 

glis  ten  glit  ter  rad  dish  scat  ter 

grav  el  bit  ter  glob  ule  mat  ter 

^■•iflin  pilgrim  buckle  marvel 

IMrORTA.NT  TRUTIHS. 

It  signifies  nothing  to  say  we  will  not  change  our  religion, 
if  our  religion  does  not  change  us. 

A  desire  for  happiness  is  natural ;  a  desire  after  holiness 
\  is  supernatural. 

If  you  forget  God  when  you  are  young,  God  will  forget 
you  when  you  arc  old. 

LESSON  XLVII. 

THE  SUN. 

MORAL  DUTIES. 

My  God,  who  makes  the  sun  to  know 

His  proper  hour  to  rise, 
And  give  light  to  all  below, 
*  Doth  send  him  round  the  skies.  ^ 

When  from  the  chambers  of  the -east 

His  morning  race  begins, 
He  never  tires  nor  stops  to  rest, 

But  round  the  world  he  shines. 

So,  like  the  sun,  would  I  fulfill 

The  business  of  the  day  ; 
Begin  my  work  betimes,  and  still 

March  on  my  heavenly  way. 

Give  me,  O  Lord,  thy  early  grace, 

Nor  let  my  soul  complain, 
That  the  young  morning  of  ray  days 

Has  all  been  spent  in  vain. 


52 


THE    CO]S!»r<EDERATE 


THE  SlllV. 

How  gloriously  ho,r  gallant  cour.se  s<bc  goey ! 
Her  white  wiugs  %ing — Jicvor  from  lier  foes  ; 
She  walks  the  waters  like  ft  thing  of  life, 
And  seems  to  dare  the  elcDicDts  to  strife. 
Who  would  not  brave  the  battle-fire — ^The  wreck- 
To  move  tlie  monarch  of  her  peopled  deck  ? 


Wo7'ds  of  Four  Syllables^  Acccn 

a  cad  e  mist 
a  cad  e  my 
ac  eel  er  ate 


ac  cen  tu  ate 
ac  com  mo  date 
ac  com  pa  ny 
ac  cos  ta  ble 
ac  coun  ta  ble 
ac  cou  tre  ment 
ac  cred  it  ed 
ac  cus  torn  ance 
ad  dec  i  mate 
a  men  i  ty 
am  phib  i  ous 
am  phib  o  lous 
am  plif  i  cate 
a  myg  da  late^ 
a  nal  o  gous 
a  nal  o  gy 
a  nal  y  sis 
a  naph  o  ra 
a  nas  tro  phe 
a  nath  e  ma 
a  nat  o  mizc 
an  drog  i  nal 
an  droph  a  gas 
a  nem  os  cope 
an  gel  i  cal 
a  nil  i  tj 


anx  1  e  ty 
a  pel o  gy 
a  pol  o.gist 
a  pol  o  gize 
ap  pel  la  tive 
ap  prov  a  ble 
col  le  gi  ate 
col  le  gi  an 
e  mer  gen  cy 
em  phat  i  cal 
em  pov  er  isli 
en  cour  age  men 
en  tab  la  lure 
en  ta  ble  ment 
ex  ter  mi  natc 
ex  tern  por  izc 
cacu  mi  nate 
cal  ca  ri  ous 
ca  lig  i  nous 
ca  lid  i  ty 
ca  mel  o  pard 
ca  non  i  cal 
can  tliar  i  des 
ca  pac  i  tatc 
ca  pac  i  ty 
ca  par  i  son 
ca  pit  u  late 
cap  tiv  i  ty 
oar  nal  i  ty 


ied  on  th£  Second.  ■ 

cir  cum  fer  encoj*^'^* 
cli  mac  ter  ic 
CO  ad  ju  tor 
CO  er  ci  ble 
CO  hab  itant 
CO  in  ci  dence 
con  com  i  tant 
col  lee  tive  ly 
(^.ol  lo  cjiii  al 
com  meni  o  i-ate 
com  men  da  ble 
t  com  mo  di  ous 
com  mod  i  ty 
com  mu  ni  cate 
com  par  i  son 
com  pen  sa  tive 
.com  pen  sa  ble 
com  pi  a  cen  cy 
con  cat  e  nate 
con  ceiv  a  ble 
con  cil  i  ate 
con  fis  ca  ble 
con  form  a  ble 
con  form  i  ty 
eon  glom  er  ate 
con  glu  ti  nate 
con  serv  a  tire' 
con  serv  a  tor 
con  sid  er  ate 


SPELLING  BOOK.  5g 


an  nu  i  tant  car  iios  i  ty  con  sist  ent  ly 

an  nu  i  tj  car  niv  o  rous  con  sis  tory 

an  tip  a  thy  ca  thol  i  cism  con  sol  i  date 

an  tis  tro  plie  con  tes  i  mal  eon  ven  ti  cle 

LESSON  XLA^Tn. 
INNOCENCE. 

TUE    TURTLK      UOVU. 

When  good  Nathaiiier.s  praiso  I  read, 

In  Scripture  page  lenown'd; 
^^  Behold  an  Israelite  indeed, 

In  whom  no  guile  is  found;" 

His  fame,  I'lirsure  is  higher  far 

Thau  kings  or  heroes  gain, 
Who  reap  their  laurels  in  the  war, 

But  not  without  a  stain. 

The  gentle  words  that  banish  strife, 

Our  common  joys  increase  ; 
But  what  is  home,  and  what  is  life, 

Without  the  bond  of  peace  I 

Then  would'st  thou  earn  thy  Savior's  praiae, 

Whose  eye  regards  the  young, 
Let  meek  discretion  guide  tliy  ways, 
.  And  kindness  rule  thy  tongue. 

So  shalt  thou  learn  to  keep  iji  pight 

The  wisdom  from  above, 
And  with  it  always  to  unite 

The  mildness  of  the  dove. 

Spelling  and  Definvtg. 

nl  ti  tude  height  eu  cha  rist  sac  ra  ment 

ar  inis  tice  truce  unity  oneness 

ar  ti  iicc  do  vice  ev  it  ate  a  void 

dom  i  cil  houFc  ag  it  ato  shake 

ve  hi  cle  car  ri  a<ice  ex  e  crate 


'ri 


curee 


sur  cin  glo     ginli  ex  e  cute       fin  Lsh 


54 


THE  CONFfiDERATE 


rem  e  dj 
res  i  due 
cav  i  ty 
fo  li  aoe 
era  ni  um 
con  di  ment 
can  ti  cle 
or  i  SOD 
Ion  gi  tilde 
syl  lo  gism' 
sjra  me  try 
com  pro  mit 
dig  ni  ty 
di  a  lect 
id  i  ot 
in  te  ger 
de  vi  ous 
fir  ma  ment 
des  ti  ny 
dis  si  pate 
dif  fer  ent 
dif  fi  cult 
dig  ni  fy 


cure 

re  main  der 
liol  low 
leaves 
skull 
sauce 
song- 
pray  er 
length 
ar  gu  ment 
beau  ty 
pledge 
gran  deur 
speech 
fool 
whole 
rov  ing 
sky 
fate 

scat  ter 
un  like 
hard 
ad  vanco 


dis  ere  pance 
fa  mi  gate 
ev  i  dence 
es  ti  mate 
ex  er  else 
fam  i  ly 
dis  pu  tant 
di  a  dem 
di  a  pliragm 
dul  ci  fy 
did  CO  rate 
ful  mi  nate 
in  du  rate 
irrigate 
el  e  vate 
sig  ni  fy 
tu  me  fy 
fab  ri  cate 
im  i  tate 
oc  cu  py 
cu  mu  late 
hes  i  tate 
com  pli  cate 


dif  fer  ence 

smoke 

proof 

val  ue 

©X  ert 

house  hold 

rea  son  er 

crown 

mid  riff 

sweet  en 

sweet  en 

thun  der 

har  den 

wa  ter 

raise 

mean 

swell 

frame 

re  sem  ble 

hold 

heap 

stop 

en  tan  gle 


ANEfDOTE. 


A  conceited  magistrate  was  driving  a  pair  of  unruly 
oxen.  Finding  that  they  had  no  reverence  for  his  authoritj, 
he  leaped  from  his  cart,  took  each  by  the  horns,  shook 
them  severely,  and  exclaimed  :  Why  don't  you  obey  the 
Magistrate  as  the  Scriptures  direct,  especially  as  I  have 
more  sense  than  both  of  jou  put  together  ? 

LESSON  XLIX. 

WHO  MADE    THE  WORLD  ? 

'Twas  God  that  formed  the  concave  sky, 
And  all  the  shining  orbs  on  high, 
Who  gave  the  various  beings  birth, 
That  peopled  all  the  spacious  earth. 


SPELLING  BOOK.  55 


'Tis  He  that  bids  tho  tempests  rise, 
And  rolls  the  thunder  thro'  the  skies; 
His  voice  the  elements  obey, 
Through  all  the  earth  extends  his  sway. 

His  goodness  all  His  creatures  share, 
But  Dian  is  His  peculiar  care ; 
Then  while  they  all  proclaim  His  praise, 
Let  man  his  voice  the  loudest  raise. 

THE  SUN. 

The  Sun  is  a  body  of  immense  size.  Thirteen  hundred 
thousand  globes,  as  large  as  our  earth,  might  be  form,ed 
from  it.  its  distance  is  ninety-five  millions  ot  miles  from 
the  earth.  It  is  the  great  source  of  iifjht  and  heaty  not 
only  to  our  globe,  but  to  the  entire  solar  system. 

The  word  *'  system  "  means  placed  together.  As  the 
head,  the  chest,  and  the  several  other  members  of  our 
bodies  make  up  the  human  system,  so  the  solar  system 
consists  of  the  sun  and  the  planets  which  revolve  round  it. 
It  is  called  the  solar  system  from  the  Latin  word  ^'  Sol/' 
the  name  given  to  the  sun  in  that  language. 

The  sun  is  the  centre  of  thit  system.  All  the  planets 
revolve  round  it  at  dilTerent  distances.  The  attraction  of 
that  immense  Ij^ody — the  sun — holds  them  all  in  their 
places. 

Take  a  small  weighty  body,  tie  a  string  to  it  and  then 
throw  it  round  your  hand  in  a  circle.  The  body  will  repre- 
sent a  planet.  The  string  will  represent  the  sun's  attraction. 
The  force  which  you  give  it  causes  it  to  go  forward;  but 
going  forward,  and  yet  held  to  the  centre  by  the  attracting 
force,  it  must  move  in  a  circle. 

Now  take  a  slate,  make  a  small  central  figure  on  it  for 
the  sun.  Then  draw  eight  circles  around  it — the  first  one 
very  near  to  the  sun,  each  one  outside  being  more  distant. 

Place  on  those  circles  the  eight  first  letters  of  the 
alphabet,  putting  A  on  the  one  nearest  the  sun,  and  you 
will  have  a  correct  idea  of  the  solar  system. 

The  circles  in  which  the  planets  md^e  are  called  their 
orbits.  The  sun  being  the  centre,  does  not  revolve  in  a 
circle  like  the  planets  ;  but  it  turns  round,  like  a  grind- 
stone, upon  its  own  axis,  once  in  twenty-five  days. 


56  THE   CONFEDERATE 


QUESTIONS. 

What  is  tlie  sun  ?  Its  size  ?  Distance  ?  Of  what  is 
it  the  soiircu  ?  Moaiiing  of  the  word  si/stem  f  Of  what 
does  the  solar  s^^stein  consist?  Why  called  solar?  Whac 
is  the  centre  oi"  the  system?  What  revolve  round  it  ?  How 
describe  that  system  ?  What  holds  the  planets  together  ': 
How  many  principal  plaiiets  ?  What  are  those  circles* 
called?  Does  the  sun  revolve  in  a  circle?  In  what  time 
docs  it  turn  upon  its  axis  ? 

LESSON  L. 

GOD'S  CARE  AND*  LOVE. 

There's -not  a  plant,  or  blooming  flower, 
In  field  or  fragrant  bower; 
But  shows  the  constant  care  and  love 
Of  God  who  reigns  above. 

BOTANY. 

This  science  gives  a  sort  of  natural  history  of  the  vege- 
table -kingdom.  Trees,  shrubs,  plants,  grasses,  mosseii, 
flowers,  fruits — all  these  come  under  review. 

The  different'  modes  of  arranging  this  great  kingdom 
into  classes  afford  high  gratification  to  persons  of  enquiring 
minds. 

Little  folks  are  common Iv  delighted  with  the  exami- 
nation  of  the  several  parts  of  the  flowers,  of  different 
plants.  They  are  wonderful  structures.  Not  only  are  they 
very  beautiful,  but  they  are  very  useful.  Without  flowers 
there  would  be  no  seeds,  no  grains,  no  fruits. 

This  science  displays  many  wonders.  The  study  of  it 
improves,  delights  and  refines  the  mind.  Young  people 
should  all  study  it.  Our  climate  is  very  favorable  for  it. 
The  South  also  abounds  in  rich  specimens  of  great  variety. 
The  evergreens,  especially,  are  very  numerous. 


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67 


Worck  of 

ad  mire 
ad  diet 
de  bar 
de  base 
carouse 
ob  tain 
com  plain 
be  moan 
dis  ease 
de  pose 
post  pone 
sug  gest 
re  quest 
fre  quent 
re  quire 
con  spire 
ex  plore 
ab  j  ure 


Two  Syllable 

re  store 
ob  sou  re 
a  do  re 
en  tire 
ex  pi  re 
en  ibrce 
em  brace 
sus  pi  re 
»e  date 
in  flate 
fo  ment 
mo  lest 
di  gest 
ex  ist 
exempt 
ex  ert 
sometimes 
re  quite 


.■?,  Accented 

de  lif^ht 
di  rect 
en  list 
in  sist 
com  puto 
se  rene 
sur  mise 
un  true 
un  stop 
be  wail 
un  veil 
re  tail 
vo  lute 
ob  serve 
ob  scene 
de  plore 
in  case 
ac  cruo 


on  the  Second, 

ca  jole 
pis  tola 
a  tone 
de  note 
dis  suade 
in  snare 
se  lect 
re  fleet 
as  sert 
a  vert 
per  vert 
sus  pense 
im  pair 
im  pale 
in  scribe 
de  tain 
at  tain 
de  pose 


LKSSON  LI. 
CALM  AND  THANKFUL. 

Father,  wliate'er  of  earthly  bliss 

Thy  sovereign  will  denies, 
l.ccepted  at  Thy  throne  of  grace, 

Let  this  petition  rise. 

Give' me  a  calm  and  tbankful  heart, 

From  every  murmur  free, 
The  blessing  of  Thy  grace  impart, 

And  make  mo  live  to  Thee. 

Let  the  sweet  hope  that  Thou  art  mine, 

My  life  and  death  attend  ; 
Thy  presence  thro'  my  journey  shine. 

And  c^own  my  journey's  end. 

C* 


68 


THE  COXPEDERATE 


ANECDOTES. 

The  celebrated  Doctor  Andrew  Fuller,  in  a  jocular 
mood,  said  one  day  to  bis  clerical  friend.  Dr.  Sparrowhawk: 
"  Do  tell  me,  Doctor,  wbat  diifercnce  there  is  between  a 
Sparrowhawk  and  an  Owl?"  ^<  A  wide  difference/'  said 
he.  '' An  owl  is  fnUer  in  the  head,  />?//<"?•  in  the  breast, 
and  fuller  all  over." 

Dr.  Parr,  who  was  regarded  as  a  walking  library,  in  his 
day,  was.  thus  accosted  by  a  conceited  Sophomore  : — 
"  Doctor,  an  idea  has  struck  me.  Suppose  you  and  I 
make  a  hook."  "  That  is  right,"  snid  the  Doctor.  "  Lot 
me  put  into  it  all  that  I  know,  and  you  put  in  all  that  you 
(L)  not  know,  and  we  shall  make  a  book  tliat  Jonah's  wbale 
could  not  swallow." 

Words  of  7.\co  Syllcthles^  Acccnied  on  the  First. 


fin  ish 
fun  nel 
fit  fal 
ga?mt  let 
g03  ling 
growl  cr 
bast  €n 
home  \j 
her  ring 
Kieek  ness 
life  long 
nu  bile 
name  less 
paint  er 
pre  script 
pom  pons 
rai  ment 
rea  son 
aap  less 
sky  light 
sleep  er 
spon  dee 


fur  nish 
fore  bead 
flax  en 
gal  Ion 
gras  sj 
glow  ing 
hire  ling 
bol  ster 
bope  less 
mo?/rn  ing 
lap  wing 
nee  die 
no  do  us 
pal  ace 
plain  tiff 
pew  ter 
rain  y 
reap  er 
su«t  or 
sboid  dcr 
slut  tieb 


flip  pant 
fore  most 
gran  ite 
gal  lop 
gruni  ble 
gloom  y 
hope  ful 
jail  or 
honie  spun 
mu  sic 
latb  er 
notli  ing 
neat  ness 
pan  tile 
pick  et 
pba  sis 
ran  cid 
iT)ll  ei' 
se  rous 
sbip  ment 
speecb  less 


spike  nard     spot  less 


for  mcr 
fop  pisli 
grit  ty 
gos  sip 
grant  ed 
beal  ing 
hot  spur 
leak  y 
bind  ranee 
mea  sle« 
Ian  tern 
ni  trous 
pat  ent 
pas  turc 
pock  et 
pban  torn 
read  er 
row  el 
si  pbon 
sneak  ing 
spon  sor 
spoil  er 


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*      LESSON  LII. 

THE  ROSE.  .      . 

>r   F,  N  T  A  L      B  K  A  T"  T  Y  . 

The  Ivosc,  the  sweetly  bloomiog  rose, 

E*er  I'roin  the  tree  'tis  torn, 
Is  like  the  charm  which  beauty  shows, 

In  life's  exulting-  morn. 

But  oh  I  how  soon  its  sweets  arc  gcjnc, 

IIow  .S0051  it  withering:  lies  : 
80  when  the  eve  of  life  comes  on, 

Sweet  beauty  fades  and  dies. 

Then  since  tlio  fairest  form  that's  made 

Soon  withering  we  shall  find, 
Let  us  posHess  what  ne'er  can  fade, 

The  beauties  of  the  mind. 

Words  of  Tko  iSyllahles^  Accented  on  Hie  First. 


gar  den 

hunt  er 

grif  fm 

Ian  cet 

gar  11  er 

huntsman 

glim  mcr 

lem  on 

gar  glc 

hur  die 

ham  mer 

]es  son 

gen  der 

in  come 

ham  let 

lim  ber 

gun  tie 

in  most 

hin  der 

lim  pid 

gid  dj 

in  cest 

hun  ter    • 

lim  ner 

g»g  gltJ 

in  dex 

hur  ry 

lev  er 

giv  er 

jar  gon 

ker  sey 

low  Ij 

ham  j>er 

jest  er 

kin  dred 

loy  al 

hap  pen 

Jus  tico 

kins  man 

lum  ber 

bar  per 

jum  blc 

lin  den 

lus  tre 

help  er 

jun  to 

lis  ten 

mas  ter 

hid  den 

kcr  nel 

liv  er 

mat  ter 

bin  der 

kit  ten 

liv  id 

man  ly 

HOW  TO  LRAEN  A  LESSON. 

An  easy  lesson  may  appear, 
At  first,  too  hard  for  me, 

Although  to  others  very  clear, 
And  simple  as  can  be. 


60  THE   CONFEDERATE 

If  with  good  will  I  try  to  learu. 

Soon  I  shall  find  it  plain  ; 
But  if  in  haste  I  from  it  turn, 

Hard  it  will  still  remain. 

It  will  not  do  to  think  or  say, 

•'Tis  of  no  use  to  try ; 
To  give  it  up  is  not  the  way, 

Nor  yet  to  fret  or  cry. 

The  way  to  make  that  lesson  plain, 
Which  now  too  hard  I  find, 

Is  hut  to  try^  and  try  again, 
AVith  all  my  heart  and  mind. 

'      LESSON  LIII. 

THE  FIRMAMENT  OF   HIS  POWER. 

The  spacious  firmament  on  high. 
With  all  the  blue,  ethereal  sky, 
And  spangled  Heavens,  a  shining  fram«, 
Their  great  Original  proclaim. 

The  unwearied  sun,  from  day  to  day, 
Does  his. Creator's  power  display. 
And  publishes  to  every  land 
The  work  of  an  Almighty  hand. 

Soon  as  the  evening  shades  prevail, 
The  moon  takes  up  the  wondrous  U\U\, 
And  nightly  to  the  listening  earth, 
llepeats  the  slory  of  her  birth. 

While  all  the  stars  that  round  her  burn, 
And  all  the  planets  in  their  turn, 
Confirm  the  tidings  as  they  roll, 
And  spread  the  truth  from  pole  to  pole. 

What  tho'  in  solemn  silence  all 
Move  round  this  dark  terrestrial  ball; 
What  tho'  no  real  voice  nor  sound 
Amidst  those  radiant  orbs  be  found  f 


/ 


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In  reason's  car  they  all  rejoice, 
And  utter  forth  a  glorious  voice  ; 
Forever  singing  as  they  shine, 
"  The  hand  that  made  us  is  divin«.*'  * 

'[Addison. 

Words  of  Tioo  Sylkibles^  Ac^enkd  on  the  Second. 

de  bate  con  fuse  con  sole  ap  prize 

re  late  ob  late  im  pale  ap  proach 

ere  ate  be  rate  iiar  rate  ap  pulse 

se  date  be  late  re  tarn  ap  ply 

col  late  in  flate  re  mmw  a  right 

pro  bate  sur  yey  tie  tarn  a  rise 

con  nato  in  lay  pro  claiin  a  venge 

a  base  mis  lay  de  cry  a  wake 

de  lay  de  cay  do  mam  a  ward 

A  buse  por  tray  ob  tain  a  way 

a  1  cade  astray  appease  awoke 

ar  cade  es  teem  ap  pe«r  a  wry 

pa  rade  re  deeni  ap  pend  ba  sUaw 

pre  pare  ca  recn  ap  plaud  be  spice 

ac  case  de  claim  ap  plause  be  spread 

re  fuse  con  dole  ap  ply  bias  pheme 

pro  fuse  pa  role  ap  praise  block  ade 

There  is  no  '^  card"  that  so  certainly  leads  to  fortune 
as  the  ^'  spaded'  when  well  employed  in  the  field  or  garden. 

A  wag,  down  'East,  wrote  over  the  door  of  a  school- 
hou«e  :     ''  The  New  England  Whaling  Institution." 

The  poor  man  who  was  overwhelmed  by  astonishment 
has  not  yet  been  dug  out. 

An  Irishman's  prescription  for  making  cannon  wa;^ : 
'Take  a  long  //o/<  and  pour  melted  brass  rou.nd  it." 

LESSON    LIY. 

WOMAN. 

Kot  she  with  traitorous  kiss  the  Savior  stnn^', 
Not  she  denied  him  with  unholy  tougue; 
She,  when  Apostles  shrank,  was  stcvdfaat,  brave, 
liast  at  the  cross,  and  earliest  at  the  graT©. 


62 


N 


THE  CONFEDERATE 


PROTERBS, 

A  lazy  niau  loves  a  willing  horse. 

A  little  pot  is  soon  hot.      All  the  fat's  in  the  fire. 

A  man  may  buy  gold  too  dear. 

An  honest  man's  word  is  as  good  as  his  bond. 

An  idle  brain  is  the  devil's  work-shop. 

An  oak  is  not  felled  with  one  blow. 

A  pitcher  often  to  the  well,  but  broken  at  last. 

A  rolling  stone  gathers  no  moss. 

A  quiet  conscience  sleeps  in  thunder. 

A  rotten  sheep  infects  the  whole  flock. 

A  single  fact  outweighs  a  ship  load  of  thcor}'. 

A  small  pack  befits  a  small  peddler. 

A  spur  in  the  head  is  worth  two  in  the  heel. 

A  wager  is  a  fool's  argument. 

A  willing  mind  makes  a  light  foot. 

A  word  before  is  worth  two  behind. 

Besfirars  hare  no  ri():ht  to  be  choosers. 

Bo  alow  to  promise,  hut  quick  to  perform. 

Better  to  round  than  fall  into  the  ditch. 

Better  ride  an  ass  that  carries  than  a  horse  that  throws. 

Birds  of  the  feather  flock  together. 

Borrowed  irarmentB  never  fit  well. 


Wcn-ds  of  Thred  SijIMks,  Accented  on  the  Third. 

ad  ver  tise-  ku  per  vise 

bar  ri  ea'de  nn  dor  mine 

eireum  vent  un  der  go 


cir  cum  volvc 
dis  es  teem 
dis  u  nite 
d«b  o  nnir 
dom  i  neer 
dis  r«  pute 
de  com  pose 
dis  em  bark 
dis  ap  pear 
die  in  t©r 
dis  a  grce 


o  ver  leap 
o  ver  top 
ap  per  taui 
in  ter  leave 
in  ter  vene 
un  der  went 
un  der  sell 
o  ver  hang 
ap  pre  hend 
»ar  e  nose 
*auc  tion  eer 


com  mi  nutc 
com  pre  hend 
con  de  scend 
con  tra  vene 
coun  ter  act 
coun  ter  cliarge 
coun  ter  charm 
coun  ter  mand 
coun  ter  march 
coun  ter  mine 
coun  ter  poise 
coun  ter  vail 
c^ur  te  san 
de  com  pose 


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in  com  mode  co  in  cide  dcv  o  tee 

ab  sen  tee  co  a  lesce  dis  en  gage      # 

an  te  cede  co  ag  ment  '    dis  cm  bark 

an  te  pone  co  ex  ist  dis  o  bey 

con  tra  vene  col  on  ade  dis  re  gard 

LESSON  hY. 

Til  15    CHICKENS. 

At  night,  the  chickens  sleep  under  the  wings  of  the  old 
hen.  In  the  morning,  thej  are  out  very  early,  and  they 
run  about  the  grounds  very  actively,  picking  up  seeds, 
bugs  and  worms  for  breakfast.     Thomas,  looking  at  them 

one  morning,  said  to  littlo  Marj  : 

» 

See,  sister,  how  the  chickens  trip, 

So  busy  in  the  morn  ; 
Look  how  their  heads  ttey  dip  and  dip, 

To  pick  the  scattered  corn. 

Dear  sister,  shall  we  shut  our  eyes, 

And  to  the  light  be  blind ; 
Nor  think  of  Him  who  food  supplies 

To  us  and  all  mankind  7 

Whether  our  wanta  be  great  or  small, 

Or  rich  or  poor  our  fare, 
To  Heaven  above,  we  ewe  for  all, 

The  voice  of  praise  and  prayer. 

Words  of  Ti>'o  /SijUahles,  Accented  on  the  &con<L 

im  pute  con  ta?"n  en  dear 

pol  lute  cm  ploj  be  deck 

do  mure  de  ploy  be  dew 

so  cure  ad  join  be  dim 

in  case  en  join  be  drench 

misstate  rejoin  be  dust 

re  plotc  pur  loin  be  fall 

de  plete  de  stroy  be  fit 

com  plete  an  noy  be  fool 

trans  late  al  loy  be  fore 


64  THE   CONFEDERATE 


^e  Crete 

de  coy 

be  foul 

i>^iitd 

en  joy 

be  s:in 

re  cite 

.  a  void 

be  gird 

polite 

de  void 

be  gone 

in  cit« 

de  vour 

be  grim 

ar  ray 

ca  ix)use 

be  guile 

a  way 

es  pouse 

be  gun 

nn  say 

a  mount 

be  have 

dis  may 

sur  mount 

be  bend 

o  bey 

en  dow 

be  held 

de  ny 

a  vow 

be  best 

re  ply 

al  low 

be  hind 

sup  ply 

re  boil 

be  hold 

jm  ply 

tur  moil 

be- half 

corn  ply 

be  wray 

be  hoof 

be  tray 

as  tray 

be  lie 

af  frav 

ca  reer 

be  1/ef 

EXERCISiiL 
Exercise  iu  the  open  air  is  essential  to  health  and  enjoy- 
ment. Without  it  the  body  becomes  feeble,  the  countenance 
pale  and  dejected,  the  spirits  depressed  and  gloomy.  On 
the  contrary,  suitable  exercise  regularly  taken,  creates  a 
healthy  appetite,  invigorates  the  powers  of  digestion, 
produces  sound  and  refreshing  eleep,  causes  freshness  of 
complexion  and  cheerfulness  of  spirits,  "wards  off  disease, 
and  tends  to  preserve  the  vigor  of  both  the  body  and  the 
mind  to  an  advanced  age. 

LESSON   LVT. 
THE    WICKED   BOY. 

Marry  Blount  had  a  very  kind  and  good  mother.  She 
did  all  for  him  that  a  mother  could  do,  but  he  was  very 
unkind  and  wicked.  Ho  would  do  nothing  that  she  wished 
him  to  do  ;  but  he  did  all  he  could  to  vex  her.  lie  would 
let  the  hogs  into  the  garden,  turn  the  calves  in  with  the 
cows,  break  up  the  nests  of  her  hens,  and  cut  the  bark  off 
her  shade  trees.  He  would  lie,  swear,  get  drunk,  steal, 
fight,  and  do  everything  that  was  vile. 

His  mother  sent  him  to  school,  but  he  did  not  like  to 


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go. '   He  would  play  by  the  way,  or  go  oflf  into  tlie  woods, 
and  stay  till  the  school  wa.s  out. 

But  he  could  uot  be  idle  there.  He  spent  his  time  in 
killing  lizzaids,  bees,  bugs  and  young  birds.  To  take  life 
was  his  delight.     At  home  it  was  tlie  same  way. 

He  threw  hi»  little  sister's  pet  kitten  into  the  fire  and 
burnt  it  to  death.  Her  charming  little  canary  bird  he  fed 
on  poison  berries  and  killed  it.  He  soon  became  so  bad 
that  everybody  despised  him.  So  he  could  not  stay  at 
home.  At  last  he  ran  away.  He  went  to  a  distant  town 
to  get  something  to  do;  but^  his  bad  name  followed  him, 
and  no  body  would  employ  him.  He  became  a  beggar 
and  had  to  lie  out  in  the  gtreets. 

Soon  he  was  caught  robbing  a  store,  and  was  put  in  jail. 
'J'here  he  killed  one  of  his  fellow-prisoners.  Jin  was  huny 
as  a  murJerer — deeply  lamenting  all  his  folly  and  wicked- 
ne8v«<  when  it  was  too  late  ! 

How  true  it  is  that  "  a  bad  beginning  makes  a  bavl 
end  ?  "     ''  Evil  days  the  wicked:' 

Words  of  Two  Si/lhiMes,  Acceiiied  on  the  Fir.<L 

ab  bess  nb  sence  .  bar  rack  con  text 

ab  scess  an  ise  ac  cent  ad  veiso 

ardent  actress  adjunct  agile 

ad  dice  am  bier  branch  y  al  ley 

am  bh^i-  an  swer  bas  tare!  cam  let 

an  Sire  r  anthem  blossom  bluster 

captor  captive  canker  bantling 

<^r  r/agc  blan  dish  bam  mock  cal  lous 

bap  ti.sm  ban  quet  can  dor  car  rot 

eul  prit  cap  tain  com  nien-.e  com  ic 

eas  sock'  Cashmere  convert  chattel 

chal  ice  clns  sic  con  vent  cross  ness 

dac  tyl  chal  lenge  von  vict  com  mou 

cband  If  r  chol  er  cor  ner  cov  et 

chap  hrin  ehan  ere  com  mnTU  cut  lass 

dan  dm IV  das  Uird  doo  ile  <log  ma 

dol  lar  doc  trine  i'ab  ric  dam  age 

dol  pliin  dor  ick  lam  ine  fath  cm 

fiac  cid  flan  nel  fran  tic  fe^vth  er 


66  THE   CONFEDERATE 


AX  ATTRACTIVE  RICTURE. 

There  were  once  three  very  attractive  children,  whose 
names  were  Gustavus,  Hcnnau  and  Annie.  Their  father 
owned  a  large  ystat*?^^  and  they  went  forth  one  day  to 
gather  flowers  in  liis  fields.  They  were  very  happy  in 
their  sports,  because  they  loved  eaoh  other,  and  each 
atrore  to  increase  their  niutual  enjoyment. 

After  playing  awhile  the}'^  agreed  to  separate,  and  to. 
colleot  each  a  bunch  of  favorite  flowers.  When  this  was 
done,  they  met  again  beneat]^  the  branches  of  a  noble  tree. 

"I  liave  chosen  the  violrty'  said  Grustavus,  ''because 
it  is  fragrant  and  modest."  And  he  gave  his  violets  to 
Herman  and  Annie. 

Herman  said  :  *'  I  have  choson  the  Ul(/,  because  it  is  the 
emblem  of  innocence.  I  love  it,  because  it  reminds  me 
of  a  pure  heart  and  the  love  of  my  Father  in  Heaven.'^ 
And  he  gave  his  beautiful  lilies  to  Gustavus  and  Annie. 

Annie  produced  a  bunch  of  forffet-mc-nots,  and  said  : 
''I  have  chosen  the  forget-me-^upt,  because  it  is  the  flower 
of  love  and  tenderness."  Then  Annie  gave  her  forget- 
me-nots  to  Gustavus  and  Herman. 

After  this,  these  lovely  children  agreed  to  weave  their 
flowers  into  crowns,  which  they  carried  home  and  placed 
on  the  brows  of  their  father  and  mother.  This  affectionate 
conduct  delighted  their  parents  ;  and  thus,  by  innocence 
nnd  love,  was   this   whole  family   made  happy  and  joyful. 

questions: 

Describe  this  scene  What  did  each  select?  The 
roasons  given  in  each  case  ?  What  did  they  then  do  t 
What  effect  upon  their  pi^rents  and  tlie  whole  family  ? 

LESSON  LVIT. 

GOOD    RESOLUTIONS. 
'I 

Though  I'm  now  in  younger  days, 

Nor  can  tell  what  shall  befall  me, 
I'll  prepare  for  every  place 

Where  my  growing  age  shall  call  me. 


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67 


Should  I  e'er  be  rich  or  great, 

Others  shall  partake  my  goodnoss  ; 

I'll  supply  the  poor  with  meat, 
Never  showiii*;"  scorn  or  rudcnesB. 

When  I  see  the  blind  or  lame, 

Deaf  or  dumb,  I'll  kindly  treat  thorn; 

I  deserve  to  feol  the  same, 

If  I  mock,  or  hurt,  or  cheat  them. 

Jf  I  meet  with  railing  tongues, 

Why  should  I  return  their  railing  ? 

Since  I  bcRt  revenge  my  wrongs 
J>y  my  patience  never  failing. 

When  I  hear  them  telling  lies, 

Talking  foolish,  cursing,  swearing. 

First  I'll  try  to  make  them  wise, 
Or  I'll  soon  go  out  of  hearing. 

I  will  no  one  e'er  offend. 

Nor  be  easily  offended; 
What's  amiss  I'll  strive  to  mend, 

I5ut  endure  what  can't  be  mended. 

Words  of  Three  ^Syllables,  Accented  mi  the  Secomi. 


con  sump  tive 
con  tern  plate 
con  ten  cler 
oon  tent  less 
con  tex  ture 
con  tin  gent 
con  tin  uc 
con  tracted 
oon  trib  ute 
con  vcr  gent 
con  ver  sant 
con  vex  ly 
con  vey  ance 
con  vul  give 
CO  part  ner 


de  fi  ance 
de  liv  cr 
de  111  sire 
de  n"ier  it 
de  mol  ish 
d€  mon  stratc 
de  mul  cent 
de  mure  ly 
de  part  nient 
de  part  iire 
de  sert  er 
de  spond  ent 
des  pot  ic 
de  strue  tive 
de  tacb  mcnt 


dis  tur  ber 
ex  cen  trio 
e  clip  tic 
ef  fee  tive 
e  lev  en 
e  la  sive 
em  bla  zon 
en  a  ble 
en  am  el 
en  am  or 
en  clo  sure 
en  com  pass 
en  coun  ter 
en  cour  age 
en  croach  ment 


68 


THE   CONFEDERATE 


cor  rect  ive 
ere  a  tive 
ere  den  da 
ere  den  tial 
cyl  in  dric 
de  cep  tive 
de  ci  plier 
de  CO  rum 
de  ere  tal 
de  due  tive 
de  feet  ive 
de  fen  sive 


de  tain  der 

de  ter  mine 
de  trun  cate 
de  vas  tato 
de  vel  ope 
dis  ered  it 
dis  cum  ber 
dis  GOV  er 
dis  cur  sive 
dis  fig  ure 
dis  her  it 
dis  7ion  est 


en  cum  ber 
en  dam  age 
en  deav  or 
en  gage  ment 
en  large  ment 
en  joy  ment 
en  light  en 
en  li  ven 
e  nor  mous 
en  rol  ment 
en  tan  gle 
en  vi  ron 


LESSON  LA^III. 


MAXIMS. 

Uooii  luaniiers  are  not  onlj  a  passport  Into  socictij,  but  into 
Uie  lieavts  of  those  with  whom  we  associate. 

Any  action  may  produce  effects  over  which  human 
|)Ower  has  no  control ;  nor  can  human  sagacity  foresee  the 
end  of  their  bearing. 

If  a  kind  word   or  two  will  render  a  man  bappy,  said  a- 
French  king,  he  must  be  a  wretch  iodeed  who  would  not 
kI^'Hv  bestow  them. 

ft  is  a  maxim  in  the  schools 

That  <a^lattery"  is  the  food  of  fools;  •' 

And  whoso  likes  such  airy  meat, 

Will  soon  have  nothing  else  to  eat. 

The  youth  or  the  man  who  indulges  in  ridiculing  the 
little  imperfections  of  his  friends,  will  soon  find  mankind 
united  against  him. 

Two  of  the  greatest  human  evils  are  n  dLiieased  body 
and  a  discontented  mind. 


SPELLING   BOOK.  69 

Words  of  Tloo  Syllahles^  Acccnicd  on  the  First. 

ea  ger             fear  less         for  tune  gain  bier 
ca  gle             fear  fill           IVee  st-C)ne  gain  inon  . 
ear  less           iea  turc          free  dom  gar  ment 
'earring          feeble            fren  z)'  garden 
ear  wig           fe  male           ire  quenl  gar  ner 
earl  dom        111  trate           i'resh  et  gar  gle 
early             filthy             fretful  grandchild 
earth  I3'          fis  eal              Fri  day  gran  nie 
earthen          flagrant         friendship  graphic 
.earth  born      flat  ter            fris  ky  grate  ful 
^arth  quake  fleet  ne^-s        froth  y  grnv  el 
earth  y           flesh  y            fro  ward  grave  \y 
east  er            flimsy            IVus  trate  gra  zfer 
e  diet              fb'gh  ty           fad  die  grca  sy 
etch  ing        -  flip  pant         ful  ness  great  ly 
e  ther             ilu  id               ful  some  great  nes? 
eth  ie              flu  ent            fur  bisli  ^ire  cism 
eu  rus             fool  isb           fur  nish  grec  dy 
even               football          furtive  greenfinch 
e  vil                foot  path        fur  ther  .  green  gage 
exile              forceless        fur  zy  greeting- 
ex  it              Tore  arm         I'u  ture  grzev  ous 
63*6  less          fore  cast         gal  lant  green  ness 
eyebrow        fore  top          gamer  grinder 
eye  shot         fore  most       gam  ful  grind  stone 
fac  tor             for  v/ard         gam  say  griz  zlv 
faith  ful          foun  dcr         ga/r  ish  grot' to 
false  hood      foun  dry        gal  Ion  gi'og'  ^'^^^ 
false  ly           foun  tain        gal  lop  guile  ful 
faulty             fo?/r  teen        gallows  guileless 

LESSON  LVIX. 

T  HE    LAND    ABOVE. 

'I'lioro  is  a  land  above, 

All  beautiful  and  bright, 
And  those  who  love  and  seek  the  Lord 

Rise  to  that  world  of  light,    '^ 


70  THE   CONFEDERATE 


There  sin  is  known  no  more, 

Nor  tears,  nor  want,  nor  care  ; 
There  good  and  happy  beings  dwell. 

And  all  are  holy  thero. 

THE  GREEN  GLASSES. 

A  little  boy  one  day  put  on  his  father's  green  glasses. 
But  when  he  had  ^  looked  around  him,  he  exclaimed : 
"  How  very  strange  everything  looks  !  The  sheep,  and 
the  geese,  and  the  fences,  all  look  green  I  Everything  is 
green  I     What  is  the  matter  ?  " 

His  mother  replied  :  ''  All  the  objects  around  you  are 
as  they  were  before.  No  change  has  taken  place  in  them. 
The  glasses  thro*  which  you  look  have  given  them  that 
appearance.'' 

'^  And  now,  my  son,  this  should  teach, you  a  good 
lesson.  When  we  view  things  thro'  the  medium  of  envy, 
or  hatred,  or  pride,  or  any  other  passion,  we  think  they 
have  all  changed;  and  yet  the  change  is  in  ourselves  only-," 

"  I  saw  a  very  cross,  ill-natured  boy,  the  other  day, 
who  said  that  everybody  was  cross  to  him,  and  abused 
him!  Another  boy  is  so  proud  that  he  thinks  all  other 
persons  are  mean  and  worthless  compared  with  himself." 

''  But  I  know  a  pretty  little  girl  who  is  so  good-natured 
that  nothing  ever  goes  wrong  with  her.  She  is  so  cheerful 
and  happy  that  everything  seems  to  be  so  too.  She  is  so 
joyful  that  ail  the  world  appears  as  if  it  were  rejoicing 
with  her." 

Now,  the  youngest  of  my  readers  can  understand  this. 
Evil  in  us  makes  evil  all  around  us.  Good  in  us  changes 
all  else  into  goodness.  Cheerfulness  and  kirjdness  in  us 
cause  every  thing  around  us  to  wear  a  cheerful  and  pleasant 
aspect. 

Let  me,  then,  exhort  each  of  you  to  expel  all  evil 
feeling*  from  your  hearts,  and  never  suffer  theui  again  to 
enter.  They  are .  worse  than  poisonous  serpents.  Keep 
the  sacred  fire  of  love  toward  God  aod  man  always  alive  ia 
your  hearts.  Be  kind  and  good  to  all.  Look  on  the 
bright  side  of  everything.  Never  murmur.  Never  repine. 
Be  always  thankful  and  cheerful. 


'SPELLING  BOOK. 


71 


Such  a  life  only  is  worthy  of  rational,  immortal  man.  Ik 
ennobles  his  nature,  and  gives  him  a  foretaste  of  heaven, 
Avhile  yet  upon  the  earth. ^ 

LESi^ON    LX. 

ANECDOTES. 

A  man  by  the  name  of  Shin  married  a  lady  whose  name 
was  Foot.  Their  neighbors  called  a  meeting,  and  rejoiced 
with  them  both  that  the  Foot  had  thus  risen  in  the  world. 

ALSO  AND  LIKEWISE. 

A  counsel  once,  of  talctjts  vain, 

A  Quaker  rudely  treated. 
Who  in  his  story  plain 

The  word  ^' aL<()"  repeated. 

*'  Also,''  said  Brief,  with  sneering  wit, 
'*  Won't  '  likc'iri.se'  do  as  well  ?  " 

'"■  Nay,  friend;  if  thou  permit, 
Their  difference  I  will  tell. 

Erskine's  a  counsel  learned,  we  know, 

Whose  talents  oft  surprise  ; 
Thou  art  a  counsel  '  also,' 

But  not  at  all  '  likewise.' '' ' 

Words  of  Three  Sijllahles^  Accented  on  the  Second. 


de  mon  strate 
a  ban  don 
a  bet  tor 
ab  cr  rant 
a  but  rnent 
ab  hor  rent 
ab  ject  Ij 
ab  ject  ness 
ab  lep  sy 
a  bol  ish 
a  bor  tive 
a  bridg  ment 


a  mend- rnent 
an  gel  ic 
an  jiex  ive 
an  nex  nient 
an  noy  ancc 
an  noy  er 
.a  noin  ter 
an  oth  cr 
ant  arc  tic 
a  part  mcnt 
a  pert  ly 
a  pos  tie 


com  pul  sive 
con  cen  trate 
con  cen  trie 
con  cise  ly 
con  cise  ness 
con  clu  dent 
con  fis  cate 
con  clu  sive 
con  cor  dance 
con  cur  rence 
con  cur  rent 
con  den  sate 


72 


I'HE   CONFEDERATE 


nb  rupt  ly 

ap  par  el 

con  du/n  ly 

ab  rupt  Dcss 

ap  pa  rent 

con  do  lenoe 

ab  8or  bent 

CO  er  cive  * 

con  du  civc 

ab  ster  gent 

CO  e  val 

eon  due  tor 

ab  ster  sive 

col  lu  give 

con  due  tress 

ab  strac  tive 

CO  los  sus 

con  fes  sor 

ab  surd  ness 

com  mand  er 

con  fig  ure 

a  bun  dance 

com  min  gle 

con  fine  ment 

a  but  ment 

com  pla  cent 

con  flex  ure 

a  can  thus 

com  mit  tance 

con  form  ist 

ac  cep  ter 

com  mit  tee 

,  con  found  ed 

ac  cep  taiice 

com  mix  ture 

con  ces  siv^ 

ac  com  pi  ice 

com  po  sure 

con  elusive 

ac  com  plisb    • 

com  bus  tive 

con  ver  sive 

ac  cord  a  nee 

com  plete  ly 

con  vul  sive 

ac  coun  tant 

com  po  nent 

con  vie  tive 

ac  cou  tre 

co»n  port  ment 

con  sign  ment 

a  bun  dant 

com  po  ser 

con  Eis  tent 

ac  cur  sed 

com  po  tor 

cou  strin  gent 

ad  emp  tive 

com  pres  sure 

con  struc  tive 

i;esson  Lxi. 

Words  Whose  Meanings  are  the  6'amc. 


arch  er 
bed  lam 
alms  bouse 
in  gress 
pot  tage 
Sab  bath 
que  ry 
quad  rant 
rub  bish 
re  gent 
fla  vor 
fluid 
flex  ion 
bios  som 


bow  man 
mad  house 
poor  house 
en  trance 
por  ridge 
Sun  day 
ques  tion 
quar  ter 
ru  ins 
ru  ler 
sa  vor 
li  quid 
,ben  ding 
flow  er 


tu  tor 
un  guent 
ves  ture 
tor  por 
tumor 
vel  lum 
treat  ment 
ton  sure 
fra  gile 
bale  ful 
diz  zy 
ac  rid 
fla  grant 
drea  ry 


teach  er 
oint  ment 
gar  ment 
numb  ness 
swell  ing 
parch  ment 
u  sage 
shear  incr 
fee  ble 
wo  ful 
^•id  dy 
pun  gent 
gla  ring 
dis  mal 


gal  lows 

gib  bet 

se  ton 

is  sue 

nap  kin 

tow  el 

deal  er 

tra  der 

sci  ence 

knowl  edge 

scof  fer 

scorn  er 

Ibi  ble 

fail  ing 

pas  tor  ■ 

pliep  herd 

SPELLINO  BOOK.  ,  7S 

cans  tic  burn  ing 

ar  dent  fer  vid 

fool  ish  sil  \y 

bril  Ifant  splen  did- 

tran  script  cop  y 

spon  sor  &iire  ty 

sin  ew  ten  don 

p]i  crs  pin  cers 

FABLE,  POETRY  AND  SONG. 
Fable  and  song  have,  in  all. ages,  been  regarded  as  the 
most  pleasing  and  impressive  modes  of  conveying  moral 
truth.  The  authfti'  needs,  therefore,  make  no  apology  for 
employing  these  methods  so  largely  in  this  work,- intended 
chiefly  for  ^he  young. 

THK  VIPER  AND  THE  FILE. 

A     F  A  B  L  E  . 

A  viper,  whose  caudal  extremity  bad  been  crushed  by  a 
cart  wheel,  detcnuined  to  take  revenge  upon  ^ome  other 
object^.  Full  of  fury  and  fight,  he  pitched  upon  a  large 
and  sharp  fife  which  lay  near  him.  Blow  after  blow  he 
struck  it  with  his  fanp^s,  but  without  making  the  slightest 
impression  upon  it.  This  but  increased  his  rage.  The  file, 
moreover,  laughed  in  his  face,  taunted  him  also  with  his 
crippled  condition,  and  exclaimed  : 

"■  Oh,  fie  I  you  broken  backed  fool ! 
•What  rage  is  thi^  that  you  feel  ? 
My  maker  made  me  a  tool, 

To  bite  both  iron  .and  steel.  t 

'•  When  with  teeth  filcid  away. 

Helpless  in  body  you  lie. 
Then  with  what  anp;uish  you'll  say, 
'  By  my  own  folly  I  die  ;' " 
Taunts  and  insults  like  these  the  viper  could  no  longer 
endure.     Swelling  with  tenfold  rage,  he  cried  : 
«'  While  <ceth  and  strength  I  have. 
The  drama  now  I'll  end  ; 
,  With  blood  my  body  lave, 
My  soul  toiPluto  send  1" 

D 


74    ■  THE   CONFEDEBATE 


Witl)  tliis  hu  struck  the  f.ital  blow,  plunged  his  fangB 
d(cp  ioto  liis  sides.  »nd,  in  a  very  ahort  time,  died,  ^^  As 
the  fit^ldlttk^^ — the  victim  of  his  own  folly  and  madness, 

LKSSON    LXri. 

SONS  OF   PEACE. 

Blest  are  the  sons  of  peace, 
'  Whose  hearts  and  hopes  are  one  ; 

Whoee  kind  designs  to  serve  and  please 
Thro'  all  their  actions  run. 

Blest  is  the  pious  house,         • 
Where  zeal  and  friendship  meet; 

Their  songs  of  praise,  their  mingled. vows,  . 
Make  their  communion  sweet. 

Thus  on  the  heavenly  hills, 

The  sairTts  are  blest  above; 
Where  joy,  like  morning  dew,  distills, 

And  all  the  air  is  love ! 

THE  CRABS. 

Sliuiue  on  you,  ray  son,  said  an  old  crab  to  one  of  his 
male  oflP<pring — shame  on  you  for  moving  always  in  that 
awkward  sideway  or  backward  manner.  Go  straight 
forwavi^  I 

I  shall  willingly  f  »llow  your  advice,  said  bis  son,  wbeu 
I  shall  first  sec  you  doing  the  same, 

*  MOllAL. 

"Word*  are  of  little  avail  without  example.  First  S-3 
and  do  what  you  disire  to  have  others  be  and  do.  Then 
may  yoa  hope  fur  success. 

TForcfe  of  Three  Syllahles^  Accented  on  the  First. 

an  ii  quale  ar  mor  er  or  re  ry 

an  ti  tjpe      .  ar  mo  ry  bar  mo  ny 

anx  ious  ly  ar  ro  gance  bet  o  ny 

ap  a  thy  ar  ro  ga!e  com  pa  ny 

ap  er  feoxe  ar  se  nal  des  ti  ny 


SPELLING  BOOK. 


76 


aph  o  rism 
a  pish  ness 
ap  o  thcgm 
ap  an  age 
ap  pe  tence 
ap  pe  tite 
ap  ti  tude 
a  que  duct 
a  que  ous 
ar  a  blc 
ar  bi  ter 
ar  bi  trate 
ar  bo  rist 
scr  bo  ret 
arch  er  y 
ar  cu  ate 
ar  den  cy 
ar  dent  Iv 
ar  du  ous 
ar  go  sy 
ar  gu  ment 
a  ri  es 
arm  a  ment 


ar  te  ry 
art  ful  ly 
ar  ti  choke 
ar  ti  cle 
ar  ti  fice 
ar  ti  san 
ac  tu  ate 
at  ti  cism 
at  ti  tudo 
at  tri  bute 
au  di  bie 
au  di  encc 
au  gu  ry 
au  ri  cle 
cen  tu  ry 
cut  lei'  y 
effigy 
eb  o  ny 
lit  a  ny 
lai*  ce  ny 
tjv  an  ny 
mas  ter  y 
fop  pe  ry 

THE  ZEBRA. 


fel^  o  ny 
col  o  ny 
beg  gar  y 
fish  ery 
gal  le  ry 
gran  a  ry 
witch  er  y 
bot  a  ny 
flat  ter  y 
but  ter  y 
pil  lo  ry 
mem  o  ry 
rib  aid  ry 
min  is  try 
hap  pi  ncss 
hor  ri  fy 
hon  es'ty 
her  aid  ry 
heb  ra  ist 
horn  i  cide 
her  e  tic 
his  to  ry     • 
or  a  tor 


How  beau<iful  tbe  zebra  ! 
How  pretty  is  bis  name  ! 

But  he's  vicious, 

And  malicious-, 
Aud  ho  cannot  be  made  tame. 

He  in  found  in  Southern  Africa, 
How  striped  is  his  f*ide  I 

Kut  be  never 

Is  Ko  clever 
As  to  sufler  jou  to  ride. 

I  have  heard  about  a  Hotteutot 
"Who  caught  a  zebra  wild  ; 
He  led  him. 
And  be  fed  him, 
And  he  loved  him  as  h  child. 


He  carded  down  his  glossy  hair. 
But  all  his  toil  ^  as  vain  ;. 

Zebra  could'nt, 

Or  lo  would'nt, 
Be  controlled  by  bit  oi'.rcin. 

What  a  shame  for  one  so  beautiful. 
And  outwardly  so  fair, 

Tq  be  vicious, 

And  malicious. 
As  the  pretty  sometimes  are  I 

God  never  smiles  on  beauty 
When  it  hides  a  wicked  ueart ; 
Then  be  good  here, 
As  vou  should,  depr, 
Lc8t  He' say  at  last,  •'  Depart!" 


'6 


THE   CONFEDERlTE 


LESSON*  LXIIi: 

THE  ANT  AND  THE  (IRASSHOPPER. 

A    FABLE. 

One  day,  ifi  the  winter  sca.<oiij  a  large  group  of  ants  were 
employed  in  airing  and  drying  their  supplies  of  corn.  A 
grasshopper,  almost  dead  from  hunger  and  cold,  came  to 
them  and  begged  that  they  would  take  pity  on  him,  and 
relieve  his  wants  by  giving  him  a  single  grain  of  wheat 
or  rye. 

One  of  the  ants  enquired  why  he  had  not  laid  up  food 
for  himself  during  the  summer  as  they  had  done. 

"  Alas !  "  said  he,  ''  I  passed  away  my  time  merrily  and 
thoughtlessly  in  drinking,  singing  and  dancing,  and  never 
thought  of  winter.^' 

''If  that  be  the  Case,''  said  the  ant,  ''I  can  do  nothing 
for  you.  We  are  workers.  Idlers  wo  never  encourage.  I 
dismiss  you  by  reminding  you  of  the  old  adage  : 

"Thej  ^^bo  in  summer  dance  and  sing, 
In  wiuler  die  of  hunger's  sting," 


Words  of  Four  Syllables,  Accerded  on  the  Third. 


■  ab  e  run  cate 
ad  a  man  tine 
cat  e  gor  ic 

par  a  phras  tic    . 
sci  en  tif  ic 
el  e  men  tal 

■  ep  i  sod  ic 

in  con  clu  sive 
con  tra  die  tive 
e  nig  mat  ic 
dem  O'Crat  ic 
an  a  torn  ic 
CO  ex  is  tout 
fun  da  men  tal 
cos  mo  log  ic 


CO  cf  fi  cient 
o  le  on  der 
or  tho  graph  ic 
cat  e'  chu-mcn 
di  e  tet  ic 
in  ad  ver  tence 
com  piemen  tal 
hy  dro  stat  ic  ' 
dis  con  cert  ed 


dis  en  cum  ber 
in  ad  vcr  tent 
in  terces  sor 
dis  in  her  it 
un  der  ta  ker 
dis  in  ter  nrent 
ov  er  bur  den 
pred  c  ces  sor 
dis  con  tent  ed 


con  se  quen  tial    un  for  giv  ing 
circum  spectivo  mal  e  fac  tor 
dis  con  tin  ue        un  for  sa  ken 
cor  res  pon  dent  ben  e  fac  tor 
in  cor  rect  ly         as  tro  nom  ic 
dis  af  feet  ed         par  c  gor  ic 


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77 


un  im  por  tant 
in  con.ais  tent 
ab  so  lute  ]y 
cal  o  rif  ic 
an  a  Icp  tic 


ec  o  nom  ic 
\\y  per  crit  ie 
iui  ma  tnre  \y 
con  ti  neii  tal 
man  i  fes  to 

LES80N  LXIY. 


un  der  val  ue 
ev  er  las  ting 
an  ti  do  tal 
ret  ro  spec  tive 
con  va  les  cent 


SpelliiKj  and  Defining. 


a  lac  ri  ty 
a  rid  i  ty 
a  vid  i  ly 
be  nef  i  cent 
ca  pit  u  late 
ce  lib  a  cy 
in  car  cor  ate 
in  ter  po  late 
pre  pon  der  ate 
hos  til  i  ty 
ca  lam  i  t}' 
va  cu  i  ty 
re  cip  i  eut 
ur  ban  i  ty 
u  til  i  ty 
in  i  qui  ty 
so  lil  o  quy 
pos  ter  i  ty 
tru  gal  i  ty 
lo  cal  i  tv 


cheer  ful  ness 
dry  ncss 
ea  ger  ness 
beu  e  tl  cial 
snr  ren  dor 
sin  glc  life 
im  pris  on 
in  ter  line 
over  bill  anco 
en  mi  ty 
mis  for  tunc 
emp  ti  ness 
re  ceiv  er 
po  lile  ness 
use  All  noss 
sin  ful  ness 
nion  o  logue 
des  cend  ants 
par  si  mo  ny 
res  i  dence 


ca  lum  ni  ate 
de  lib  er  ate 
en  thu  si  ast 
cor  rob  o  rate 
con  sol  i  date  • 
im  pov  er  ish 
re  cip  ro  cate 
de  cap  i  tate 
di.s  en  tan  gle 
com  mem  o  rate 
suf  fi  cien  cy 
pro  gen  i  tor 
ve  rac  i  ty 
fe  ciai  di  ty 
to  lie  i  ty 
dis  crim  i  nate 
sub  or  di  nate 
a  bom  i  nate 
a  nal  o  gy 
a  troc  i  ty 


elan  der 
con  sid  er 
fa  nat  ic 
strength  en 
so  lid  i  fy 
pau  per  ize 
in  ter  change 
be  head 
ex  tri  cate 
eel  e  brate 
com  pe  teuee 
an  ces  tor 
truth  ful  ness 
fruit  ful  ness 
hap  pi  ness 
dis  tin  guish 
in  fe  ri  or 
ab  hor 

re  sera  blanee 
bar  bar  i  ty 


THE   VrOLET. 


When  April's  warmth  unlocks  the  clod, 
Softened  by  gentle  shower.s, 
The  violet  pierces  thro'  the  sod. 
And  blossoms  first  of  flowers; 
So  may  I  give  my  heart  to  God 
In  childhood's  early  hours. 

Some  plants  in  (jardcns  only  found, 
Are  raised  with  pains  and  care ; 
God  scatters  riohtsnW  around, 
They  blossom  everywhere  : 
Thus  may  my  love  to  all  abound. 
And  all  ray  fragrance  share. 


78  THE   CONFEDERATE 


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Some  scentless  flowers  stand  straight  and  high, 
With  pride  and  hautiness  ;  • 

But  violets  perfume  land  and  sky, 
Akho'  they  promise  less: 
Let  me,  with  all  humility, 
Do  more  than  I  profess. 

Sweet  flower  I  be  thou  a  type  to  me 
Of  blameless  joy  and  mirth, 
Of  widely  scattered  sympathy, 
Embracing  all  Clod's  earth — ■ 
Of  early  blooming  piety, 
And  unpretending  worth. 

,       CITAPF  ALLEN. 

A  gentleman  gives  it  as  his  opinion,  that  the  most 
'^  cloicn  in  the  mouth  ^'  of  all  Mr.  Lincoln's  Generals  was 
Gen.  Burnside,  while  he  held  his  headquarters  at  Falmouth. 

LESSON  LXV. 

A  Minute — how  soon  it  is  ftown  ! 

And  \et  how  important  it  is  ! 
God  calls  every  moment  his  own, 
.  For  all  our  existence  is  his  ; 
And,  though  we  may  waste  them  in  folly  and  play, 
He  notices  each  that  we  squander  away. 

THE  ANT  OR  EMMET. 

These  emmets,  how  little  they  are  in  our  eyes  ! 
Wo  tread  them  to  dust  and  a  troop  of  them  dies, 
Without  our  regard  or  concern  ; 
Yet,  as  wise  as  we  are,  if  we  went  to  their  school. 
There's  many  a  sluggard,  and  many  a  fool, 
Some  lessons  of  wisdom  might  learn. 

They  don't  wear  their  time  out  in  sleeping  or  play, 

But  gather  up  corn  in  a  sun-shiny  day. 

And  for  winter  they  lay  up  their  stores  ; 

They  manage  their  work  in  such  regular  forms,  " 

One  would  think  they  foresaw  all  the  frosts  and  tlie  storras, 

And  so  br'ot  their  food  within  doors. 


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But  I  have  less  sense  than  a  prior  creeping  ant, 
If  I  take  not  diie  care  for  the  things  I  shall  want. 
Nor  provide  against  dangers  in  time  ; 
When  death  or  old  iige  shall  staie  in  my  face, 
What  a  wretch  shall  I  he  at  the  end  of  my  da.va. 
If  I  trifle  away  their  prime  ! 

Now,  now,  while  my  strength  and  my  youth  are  In  blocca. 

Let  me  think  what  shall  serve  me  when  sii-kness  ihall  oomo, 

And  pray  thiU  niy  sins  be  forgiven  ;- 

Let  me  lead  in  good  hooks,  and  beUeve  and  obey, 

That  -vvhen  death  turns  me  out  of  this  cottage  of  claj, 

I  may  dweU  iu  a  palace  in  heaveu! 

Words  of  Three  SylJahhs^  Accented  on  the  Pir$L  ^ 


can  o  py 
pan  o  ply 
tap  es  try 
ten  e  ment 
van  i  ty 
vis  i  ble 
vio^to  ry 
vig  or  ous 
vis  it  or 
pari  ty    - 
perju  ry 
per  se  cute 
plen  ti  fal 
per  quis'  ite 
pol  y  glot 
prop  er  ty 
pov  er  ty 
pen  u  ry 
pur  ga  tive 
pun  ish  ment 
quack  e  ry 
quer  u  lous 
quid  di  ty 
quick  sil  ver 
rad  i  cal 


dep  u  ty 
del  i  cate 
dis  si  pate 
dom  i  nant 
det  ri  ment 
del  c  gate 
dul  ci  iy 
dec  i  mate 
cal  cu  late 
cal  i  CO 
cap  i  tal 
cap  ti  vate 
cer  ti  fy 
con  fi.  dent 
cop'  per  y 
cop  u  late 
cop  y  ist 
cor  o  nal 
cor  o  ner 
com  e  dy 
cor  mo  rant 
cor  nc  ous 
cor  di  *al 
cor  net  cy 
cor  po  rate 


bit  ter  netss 
ben  e  fic^ 
bip:  a  mist 
big  ot  ed 
bla  zon  ry 
ed  i  Yy 
ed  it  or 
ed  u  cato 
ef  fa  bio 
em  u  late 
el  e  gy 
el  e  ment 
el  e  Diiant 
era  a  nato 
em  e  ry 
em  i  grant 
em  bro  cato 
em  e  raid 
em  i  grate 
em  i  nent. 
ep  i  euro 
en  er  gy 
en  er  gize 
en  fi  lade 
en  ter  jpriso 


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THE    CONFEDERATE 


rad  i  cate 
ram  i  fy 
rap  tu  rona 
ran  cor  oiis 
rar  i  fy 
rav  en  ous 
def  er  ence 
dil  i  geut 
dig  ni  tj 
dim  i  ty  . 


cor  pu  lent 
ban  isli  ment 
bap  tis  try 
bar  ba  rism 
bar  ba  rize 
bar  be  cue 
bar  ber  rv 
bar  ley  corn 
ben  e  fit 
big  a  my 

LESSON    LXYj 

TJIE  THIEF. 


er  6  mite 
er  rqr  ist 
er  u  dite 
es  ti  mate 
es  ti  val 
lam  i  Ij 
fab  u  Ions 
tabri  cate 
fab  u  list 
A\c  to  rv 


Why  should  I  deprive  my  neighbor 
Of  his  goods  against  his  will? 

Hands  were  made  for  honest  labor,  . 
Not  to  pfunder  or  to  steal. 

'Tis  a  foolish  self-deceiving 

By  such  tricks  to  hope  for  gain  ; 

-All  that's  ever  got  by  thieving 
Turns  to  sorrow,  shame  and  pain. 

Have  not  Eve  and  Adam  taught  us 
Their  sad  profit  to  compute^? 

To  what  dismal  state  they  brought  us, 
-When  they  stole  forbidden  fruit ! 

Oft  we  see  a  young  beginner 
Practice  little  pilfering  ways ;  - 

Till  grown  up  a  hardened  sinner, 
The  galfows  ends  his  days. 

Theft  will  not  be  always  hidden, 
Though  we  fancy  none  can  spy  : 
^en  wo  take  a  thing  forbidden, 
Uod  beholds  it  with  His  eye. 

Guard  my  heart,  0  God  of  heaven  I 
Lest  I  covet  what's  not  mine  : 

Lest  I  steal  what  is  not  given, .. 
Guard  n?y  heart  and  hand  from  sin 


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THE  POLTTTCIANS, 

Two  political  parties  were  passing  each  other,  going  to 
their  respective  places  of  meeting.  Much  caustic  wit  and 
dry  humor  passed  between  them.  Said  one  of  them  to 
his  friend:  ''George,  what  do  you  think?  My  horse, 
back  yonder,  was  such  a  fool  that  he  wanted  to  turn  and 
go  with  your  party,  but  I  would  not  allow  it."  ''  Why," 
said  George,  '*  I  think  he  clearly  showed  that,  like  Baalam's 
ass,  he  had  more  sense  than  his  rider." 


gen  feel 
glo  bose 
grantee 
gran  tor 
grim  ace 
har  peon 
mon  soon 
re  vise 
ca  rouse 
tri  unc 
re  bate 
in  flate ' 
sa  lute 
pre  pare 
en  snare 
de  sire 
dis  may 
bal  loon 


of  Two  Syllahles^  Accented  on  the  Second. 

en  dear 
en  twine 


re  pnie 
de  sist 
de  fray 
un  say 
at  tain 
en  twine 
con  sign 
con  elude 
la  ment 
le  gume 
se  cure 
se  Crete 
col lude 
ex  plain 
ex  pose 
e  lope 
es  cape 
en  close 


de  fine 
dif  fuse 
sur  mount 
re  lume 
do  main 
ex  plain 
pre  pare 
dis  train 
sue  ceed 
sur  round 
at  tain 
at  tempt 
behest 
be  hoove 
de  ceit 
a  light 


un  sown 
un  worn 
un  wept 
un  told 
en  close 
con  sole 
six  teen 
sus  tain 
un  teach 
re  hearse 
re  search 
ro  bust 
re  mark 
un  mask 
nn  seen 
bas  soon 
im  pugn 
de  note 


LESSOxX  LXVII. 
REVERENTIAL  PRAISE. 

Before  Jehovah's  awful  throne, 
Ye  nations  bow  with  sacred  joy  ; 

Know  that  the  Lord  is  God  alone, 
He  can  create  and  He  destroy. 

D* 


82  THE  CONFEDERATE 


Ilis  sovereign  power,  without  our  aid, 
Made  us  of  clay  and  formed  us  men ; 

And  when,  like  wandering  sheep,  we  strayed^ 
He  brought  us  to  His  fold  again. 

We  are  His  people,  we  His  care, 
Our  souls  and  all  our  mortal  frame; 

What  lasting  honors  shall  we  rear, 
Almighty  Maker,  to  Thy  name  ! 

We'll  crowd  Thy  gates  with  thankful  songs, 
High  as  the  heavens  our  voices  raise  ; 

And  earth,  with  her  ten  thousand  tongues, 
Shall  fill  Thy  courts  with  sounding  praise. 

Wide  as  the  world  is  Thy  command, 

Vast  as  eternity  Thy  love  ; 
Firm  as  a  rock  Thy  truth  shall  stand, 

When  rolling  years  shall  cease  to  move  ! 

Wo7'ds  of  Three  Syllahles^  Accented  on  the  First. 

cit  a  del  cow  ard  ly  gar  ni  ture 

clem  ea  cy  eras  si  tude  gar  ri  son 

cler  i  cal  cred  i  ble  gel  a  tine 

cod  i  cil  cred  it  or  gel  id  ness 

con  so  nant  cred  u  Ions  gem  in  ous 

con  sta  ble  crim  i  nal  gen  er  al 

con  Stan  cy  crit  ic  al  gen  er  ate 

con  sti  pate  crock  er  y  gen  er  ous 

con  sti  tute  croc  o  dile  gen  e  sis 

con  ti  nent  cru  ci  al  ge  ni  al 

con  tra  band  cms  ti  ly  gen  i  tive 

con  tra  ry  en  bit  al  ge  ni  ns 

con  vo  cate  cul  min  ate  gen  u  ine 

cop  i  er  cul  ti  vate  glo  ri  fy 

CO  pi  ous  cul  pa  ble  gloss  aVy 

cor  o  nal  feb  ri  fuge  gov  ern  or 

cor  po  rate  fee  u  lent  gov  ern  ess 

cor  pu  lence  fed  er  al  grad  u  ate 

CQS  mic  al  fed  er  ate  gran  u  late 


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cost  li  ness 
cot  ta  ger 
coun  sel  lor 
coun  te  nance 
coun  ter  part 
conn  ter  sign 
cour  te  ous 
cour  te  sy  . 
cov  e  nant 
cov  er  ing 
cov  er  let 
coy  et  ous 


fel  o  ny 
flat  tor  y 
flat  n  ous 
for  ti  fy   ' 
for  tu  nate 
ful  mi  nate 
fu  mi  gate 
fur  1:)e  low 
fur  tive  ly 
gal  le  ry 
gal  ax  y 
gal  li  cism 


graph  ic  al 
grass  i  nes3 
grat  i  fy 
gra  lingiy 
grat  u  late 
grav  1  ty  ^ 
grav  i  tato 
greed  i  necja 
prid  i  ron 
grit  ti  nes3 
hab  it  ant 
hab  i  tude 


LESSON  LXVIIL 

THE  SOUL. 

« 

The  soul,  of  origin  divine, ' 

■0       God's  glorious  image,  freed  from  clay, 

In  heaven's  eternal  sphere  shall  shin© 
A  star  of  day  ! 

The  sun  is  but  a  spark  of  fire, 

A  transient  nieteor^n  the  sky;  , 

The  soul,  immortal  as  its  siro,  « 

Shall  never  die. 

THE  SLUGGARD. 

The  voice  of  the  sluggard,  I  hear  him  complain, 

'"  You  have  waked  me  loo  soon,  I  must  slumber  again;  * 

As  the  door  on  his  hinges,  so  he  on  his  bed, 

Turns  his  sides,  and  ^is  shoulders,  and  his  heavy  heu*i- 

"  A  little  more  sleep,  a  little  moie  slumber," 

Thus  he  wastes  half  his  duys,  and  his  hours  without  nnmtxir; 

And  when  he  gets  up  he  sits  folding  his  hands, 

Or  walks  about  sauntaring,  or  trifling  he  stauda. 

I  passed  by  his  garden,  and  saw  the  wild  brier, 
The  thorn  and  the  thistle,  grow  broader  and  higher } 
The  clothes  that  hung  on  him  are  turning  to  rags, 
And  his  money  still  wastes  till  he  starves  or  he  be^ts. 


84 


THS   CONFEDERATE 


I  made  him  n  visit,  still  hoping  to  find 

He  hud  taken  more  care  for  improving  his  mind  ; 

Ue  told  me  his  dreams,  talked  of  eating  and  drinking, 

But  he  scarce  reads  his  bible  and  never  loves  thinking. 

Said  I  then  to  mj'  heart,  "  Here's  a  lesson  for  me  ! 
That  man's  but  p  picture  of  what  I  might  be  ; 
But  thanks  to  mj  friends  for  their  cave  in  my  breeding. 
Who  taught  me  betimes  to  love  working  and  reading.' 


Words  of  Fom 

matli  e  mat  ics 
con  va  les  cent 
're  im  burse  me  tit 
re  com  mence  ment 
in  de  pend  ent 
cm  ni  pres  ent 
pre  ex  is  tent 
in  at  ten  tive 
sup  pie  men  tal 
in  ter  mit  tent 
or  na  men  tal 
sac  ra  men  tal 
in  ter  mar  ry 
ac  ci  den  tal 
o  ver  la  d(^ 
0  ri  en  tal 
reg  i  men  tal 
hor  i  zon  tal 
an  a  lyt  ic 
an  te  mun  dane 
des  pe  ra  do 
en  ter  tain  ment 


mg 

'  Syllables^  Accented  on  the  Thud. 

in  de  ci  sion  re  in  force  ment 

in  se  cure  ly 

in  CO  lie  rent 

ir  re  spec  tivo 

su  per  struc  ture 

mis  de  mean  or 

mis  be  iiav  ior 

ap  ]>a  ra  tus 

per  ad  ven  ture 

ef  flo  res  cen.t 

in  con  clu  sive 

in  con  pis  tent 

bas  ti  ua  do 

ac  ci  den  tal 

an  i  mad  \'fert 

in  ci  den  tal 

in  con  des  ceuce 

man  u  fac  ture 

af  fi  da  vit 

dis  a  vow  al 

in  stru  men  tal 

raon  u  men  tal 


met  a  phys  ics 
dis  con  tent  meut 
met  a  mor  phose 
mis  in  ter  pret 
cir  cum  ja  cent 
dis  a  gree  ment 
dis  en  tan  gle 
in  ef  fee  tive 
pes  ti  len  tial  . 
prov  i  den  tial 
su  per  struc  ture 
ar  0  mat  ic 
e  nis:  mat  ic 
e  go  tis  tic 
re  con  sid  er 
over  bur  den 
Lyp  0  crit  ic 
his  tri  on  ic 
com  pli  men  tal 
el  e  men  tal 


LESSON   LXIX. 

JEWELS. 

Some  ladies  are  fond  of  showing  jewels  made  of  diamonds 
and  gold.  A  Roman  lady  once  had  two  sons  whom  she 
had  reared  with  great  care.  She  valued  them  above  all 
price.  While  ladies  of  fashion  were  dis-play-ing  their  fine 
clothes  and  costly  jewels  abroad,  she  was  at  home  training 
np  her  sons  in  the  way  they  should  go. 


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When  asked  where  and  what  her  jewels  were,  sho 
presented  her  noble  sons  and  said  :  ^'  These  are  my  jewels." 

Children,  you  little  know  the  value  of  such  mothers. 
You  should  honor  them  highly,  and  strive  to  become 
jewels  such  as  Home  never  produced — at  once  the  joy  of 
your  parents  and  the  honor  and  glory  of  your  country. 

THE  LORD'S  PJRA\KR>^3(f*v 

Our  Father  who  art  in  heaven.  Hallowed  be  Thy  name 
Thy  kingdom  come.  Thy  will  bg  done  in  earth  as  it  is  in 
heaven.  Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread.  And  forgive 
us  our  debts  as  we  forgive  our  debtors.  And  lead  us  not 
into  temptation,  but  deliver  us  from  evil;  for  thine  is  the 
kingdom,  the  power,  and  the  glory  forever.     Amen  ! 

Words  of  Three  Syllahles  Accenkd  on  the  First. 


cii  mu  late 
cu  ra  live 
cu  ri  ous 
cur  ri  cle 
cur  so  ry 
cur  ya  ted 
cur  va  ture 
cur  vi  ty 
cus  torn  er 
cus  to  dy 
cu  ti  cle 
cyn  ic  al 
dan  ger  ous 
de  cen  cy 
dec  o  rate 
del  i  cate   . 
def  in  ite 
del  e  gate 
del  i  cate 
dem  a  gogue 
dem  i  god 
dem  o  crat 


det  ri  ment 
dif  fer  cnt 
dif  fi  cult 
dif  flu  ent 
dis  ere  pant 
ear  nest  ly 
earth  i  ness 
ea  si  ly 
ea  si  ness 
eas  ter  ly 
eat  a  ble 
eb  o  ny 
ec  sta  cv 
ed  u  cate 
ef  11  gy 
e  go  tisni 
eg  l^n  tine 
e  go  tise 
ef  flu  ent 
el  e  vate 
el  o  quence 
em  a  nate 


eq  ua  ble 
e  qual  izc 
e  qui  no^ 
er  e  mite 
es  cu  lent 
es  tim  ate 
cs  ti  val 
eth  ic  al 
cu  lo  gy 
eu  pho  ny 
e  ven  ing 
ev  er  g]*een 
cv  i  dent 
e  vil  ness 
ev  i  tate 
ex  ca  vate 
ex  e  crate 
ex  e  cute 
ex  i  gence 
ex  or  cise 
ex  pe  dite 
ex  pie  tive 


86  THE   CONFEDERATE 

dep  u  rate  ed  i  fy  ex  quis  ite 

dep  u  ty  ed  i  ble  ex  u  date 

der  o  gate  en  ter  prise  eye  "wit  ness 

des  o  late  ep  i  cure  fab  u  lest 

des  pe  rate  ep  i  logue  fab  u  lous 

des  ti  ny  ep  i  thet  fac  ul  ty 

des  ti  tute  ep  i  taph  fal  la  cy 

LESSON  LXX. 

PROVERBS.- 

The  comforter's  head  never  aches. 
The  covetous  man  is  his  own  tormentor. 
The  crow  thinks  her  young  one'^  the  fairest. 
The  eye  of  the  master  does  more  than  his  hands. 
The  faulty  stands  on  his  guard. 
The  foremost  dog  catches  the  hare. 
The  ma«  of  threatened  life  lives  long. 
The  gray  mare  is  the  better  horse. 

THE  WISE  CHOICE. 

-     .        King  Sol-o-mon  of  old 

A  hap-py  choice  had  made ; 
'Twas  not  for  lifcj  'twas  not  for  gold, 
Nor  lion-or  that  he  pray-ed. 

He  chose  that  bet-ter  part, 

That  leads  to  heav-en-ly  joys — 

A  wise  and  under-stand-ing  heart, 
And  God  ap-prov-ed  the  choice. 

If  this  is  what  we  seek, 

We  can-not  ask  a-miss  ; 
The  young-est,  poor-est  child  may  speak, 

And  ask  the  Lord  for  this. 


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Woi'ds  of  Two  Si/Uahles,  Accented  on  the  First^  in  which 
Ow  have  t/ie  long  sound  o/'o,  as  in  note. 


bar  row 

ill  low 
cal  low 
tal  low 
*el  bow 
hoi  low 
bel  low 
min  now 


hal  low 
fel  low 
yar  row 
Ibl  low 
far  row 
mead  ow 
mal  low 
shad  ow 


bur  row 
har  row 
win  dow 
nar  row 
mor  row 
spar  row 
win  ow 
wid  ow 


swal  low 
fur  row 
ar  row 
wil  low 
yel  low 
mel  low 
ful  low 
sor  row 


Words  of  Tv'o  /Syllables^  Accented  on  the  Fiist^  in  which 
.  A  sounds  as  in  fall. 

daugh  ter 
saw  pit 
flaw  y 
slaugh  ter 
au  ger 


plan  dit 
wa  ter 
law  yer 
braw  ny 
au  thor 
au  tumu 
maud  Hq 
pal  sy 
draw  er< 


pal  try 
saw  yer 
want  ing 
draw  ing 
sau  cer 
faal  ty 
gau  dy 
draw  ers 
mawk  ish 


mau  ger 
al  ter 
fal  ter 
pal  ter 


wal  nut 
quar  ter 
haw  thorn 
al  most 
cau  sey 
pan  per 
sau  cy 
taw  ny 
drawl  ing 


LESSON  LXXI. 
t.IVE  FOR  SOMETHING. 

Live  for  something,  be  not  idle, 

Iiook  ahout  thee  for  employ ; 
Sit  not  down  to  useless  dreamiog, 

Lfibor  is  the  sweetest  joy. 
Folded  hands  are  ever  weary, 

Selfish  hearts  are  never  gay; 
Life  for  thee  hath  many  duties, 

Antive  be,  then,  while  you  may. 

Scatter  blessings  in  .thy  pathway. 
Gentle  words  and  cheering  smiles 

Botter  are  than  gold  and  silver, 
With  their  grief-dispelling  wiles. 


88 


THE   CONFEDERATE 


As  the  pleasant  sunshine  falleth, 

Ev-tir  on  the  grateful  earth, 
So  let  sympathy  and  kindness 

Gladden  well  the  darkened  hearth. 

Hearts  there  are  oppressed  and  weary ; 

Drop  the  tear  of  sympathy, 
Whisper  words  of  hope  and  comfort, 

Give,  and  thy  reward  shall  be 
Joy  to  thy  soul,  returning 

From  this  perfect  fountain  head  ; 
Freely  as  thou  givest 

Shall  the  grateful  light  be  shed. 

Words  of  Four  SyUahles^  Accented  on  the  Fir.^t. 


ac  cu  ra  cy 
am  i  ca  ble 
am  or  ous  1}^ 
ac  cu  rate  ness 
ad  di  to  rj 
am  pli  fi  er 
cu  li  na  ry 
mo  ment  a  ry 
nu  ga  to  ry 
nu  mer  a  ry 
a  mi  a  ble 
es  ti  ma  ble 
an  cil  la  ry 
an  i  ma  live 
bre  vi  a  ry 
del  i  ca  cy 
con  tu  ma  cy 
an  nu  la  ry 
an  te  cliam  ber 
ob  sti  na  cy 
ex  i  gen  cy 
a  pi  a  ry 
ap  o  plex  y 
feu  da  to  ry 


car  i  ca  ture 
col  or  a  ble 
nee  es  sa  ry 
ex  eel  len  cy 
com  pe  ten  cy 
con  ti  nen  cy 
cor  ol  la  ry 
cor  ri  gi  ble 
cov  et  ous  ness 
dec  re  to  ry 
die  tion  a  ry 
drom  c  da  ry 
im  po  ten  cy 
med  ul  la  ry 
par  cc  na  ry 
im  i  ta  ble 
cer  e  mo  ny 
cu  mu  la  tive 
ali  mo  ny 
an  ti  mo  ny 
mat  ri  mo  ny 
Aon  or  a  ry 
sec  on  da  ry 
preb  en  da  ry 


bal  i?c  a  r}^ 
ac  tu  a  ry 
lu  min  a  ry 
mo  men  ta  ry 
mod  er  ate  ly 
ap  pe  ten  cy 
sed  en  ta  ry 
mil  i  ta  ry 
ar  bi  tra  ry 
foi'ui  u  la  ry 
fo^'  tu  nate  ly 
lit  er  a  vy 
pul  mo  na  ry 
em  is  sa  ry 
mis  eel  la  ny 
dif  fi  dent  1}^ 
dif  fi  cul  ty 
dil  i  gent  ly 
ad  e  quate  ly 
an  swer  a  ble 
sal  u  ta  ry 
dil  a  to  ry 
cap  il  la  ry 
man  da  .to  ry 


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LESSON  LXXII. 
WEALTH  AND  TOYERTY. 

Can  he  who  with  the  tide  of  fortune  sails, 

More  pleasures  from  the  sweets  of  nature  share  ; 

Do  zephyrs  waft  him  more  ambrosial  gales, 
Or  do  his  groves  a  gayer  livery  wear? 

To  me  the  heavens  unveil  as  pure  a  sky, 

To  me  the  flowers  as  rich  a  bloom  disclose, 
The  morning  beams  as  radiant  to  mine  eye, 
.And  darkness  guides  me  to  as  sweet  repose. 

If  luxury  their  lavish  dainties  piles, 

And  still  attends  upon  their  stated  hours. 

Doth  health  reward  them  with  her  open  smiles, 
Or  exercise  enlarge  their  feeble  powers  ? 

'Tis  not  in  richest  mines  of  Indian  gold 
That  man  this  jewel,  happiness,  can  find  ; 

If  his  unfeeling  breast,  to  virtue  cold,      * 
Denies  her  ciitrance  to  his  ruthless  mind. 

Wealth,  pomp  and  honor  are  but  guady  toy>:, 
Alas  !  how  poor  the  pleasures  they  impart ; 

Virtue's  the  sacred  source  of  all  the  joys 
That  claim  a  lasting  mansion  in  the  heart. 

TREASUKES. 

Lay  not  up  treasures  for  yourselves  upon  earth,  where 
moth  and  rust  do  corrupt,  and  whcix;  thieves  break 
through  and  steal.  But  lay  up  for  youi  selves  treasures 
in  heaven,  where  neither  moth  nor  rust  doth  corrupt,  and 
where  thieves  do  not  break  through  nor  steal  ;  for  where 
your  treasure  is  there  will  your  heart  be  also. —  Bible. 

Words  of  Six  Syllables ,  Accented  on  t}\e  Fourth, 

ac  cep  ti  bil  i  ty  com  pat  i  bil  i  iy      in  vol  u  bil  i  ty 

ac  count  a  bil  i  ty  en  cy  clo  pe  di  a       e  jac  u  la  to  ry 

a  mi  a  bil  i  ty  in  com  pre  hen  si  ble  in  sen  si  bil  i  ty 

ex  tern  po  ra  ne  ous  re  sis  ti  bil  i  iy        im  prob  a  bil  i  ty 

a  pol  0  get  ic  al  un  pop  u  lar  i  ty      an  te  me  rid  i  au 


9.i)  %        THE   CONFEDERATE 


ap  pli  ca  bil  i  ty  in  flam  ma  bil  i  ty  iiu  mu  ta  bil  i  ty 

a  poo  a  lyp  ti  cal  in  com  pre  hon  si  ble  in  cred  i  bil  i  ty 

ma  te  ri  al  i  ty  ir  reg  u  lar  i  ty  an  ti  gcor  bn  ti  cal 

dis  ad  van  ta  geous  de  fen  si  bil  i  ty  im  pos  si  bil  i  ty 

in  fal  li  bil  i  ty  nial  le  a  bil  i  ty  in  tan  gi  bil  i  ty 

in  fu  si  bil  i  ty  in  fo  ri  or  i  ty  a  tiath  e  mat  i  cal 

ec  cle  si  as  ti  cal  per  cep  ti  bil  i  ty  ac  cus  torn  a  ri  ly 

an  te  ri  or  i  ty  il  le  gi  bil  i  ty  in  ca  pa  bil  i  ty 

am  bi  dex  ter  i  ty  di  vis  i  bil  i  ty  in  flex  i  bil  i  ty 

do  struc  ti  bil  i  ty  un  phil  o  sopli  ic  al   il  lib  er  al  i  ty 

im  per  son  al  i  ty  con  ge   ni  al  i  ty     'in  fran  gi  bil'i  ty 

gu  bcr  na  to  ri  al  u  ni  ver  sal  i  ty  in  hos  pi  tal  i  ty 

com  pres  si  bil  i  ty  ir  rec  on  ci  la  ble  im  pres  si  bil  i  ty 

LESSON  LXXIII. 

PROVERBS. 

The  dime  is  ill  saved  that  shames  its  master. 
The  hasty  hand  catches  frogs  for  fish. 
The  highest  branch  is  not  the  safest  roost. 
Fly  pleasure  and  it  will  follow  you. 
Forgive  any  one  sooner  than  yourself. 
Faint  heart  never  won  fair  lady. 
Fools  tie  knots  and  wise  men  loose  them. 
Plenty  of  thistles,  plenty  of  prickles. 
Give  a  dog  an  ill  name  and  hang  him. 
Give  a  fool  rope  and  he  hangs  himself. 

THE  ROSE. 

How  fair  is  the  rose  !  what  a  beautiful  flower  I 

The  glory  of  April  and  May  ! 
Bnt  the  leaves — how  soon  do  they  fade  in  the  bower  1 

See  I  they  wither  and  die  in  a  day. 

But  the  rose  has  one  powerful  virtue  to  boast, 

Above  other  flowers  of  the  field ; 
When  the  leaves  are  all  dead,  and  the  colors  are  lost, 

Still  how  sweet  a  perfume  it  will  yield  ! 

So  frail  is  thtj  youth  and  the  beauty  of  men, 
Though  they  bloom  and  look  gay  like  the  rose ; 

But  allour  fond    care  to  preserve  them  is  vain, 
Time  kills  them  as  fast  as  he  goes. 


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Then  I'll  oot  be  proud  of  my  youth  or  my  beauty, 
Since  both  of  them  wither  aud  fade; 

But  gain  a  good  name  by  well  doing  my  duty, 
This  will  scent  like  a  rose  when  I'm  dead. 


X 


Words  of  Thi 

a  muse  meat 
a  rnu  sivc 
a  mass  meiit 
a  na  nan 
ap  preu  tice 
ap  prov  al 
*ap  prove  ment 
a  quat  io 
arch  bish  o 
ar*ina  dr. 
ar  men  t,al 
ar  rai^n  ment 
ar  range  ment 
ar  rear  Fvge 
nr  ri  val 
au  ro  ra 
au  then  tic 
a  ven  ger 
back  sli  der 
be  diz  zeri 
be  drag  glo 
be  gin  ccr 
be  hold  er 
be  la  bor 
be  la  ted 
be  lea  giier 
be  liev  er 
pi  den  ta.' 
bo  tan  ic 
bra  va  do 
•   III  men 
e  cov  er 
or  get  fr.l 


ee  Syllables^  A  ccen 

at  tor  ney 
en  ven  om 
en  vi  ron 
en  cum  bcr 
pre  sump  tive 
re  dan  dant 
pro  cure  ment 
com  mit  ment 
com  min  gle 
ere  a  tive 
pe  ru  sal 

in  vec  tive 

im  pul  sive 

de  liv  er 

de  duce  ment 

hor  rif  ic 

ho  mer  ic 

en  ti  tie 

e  rup  tive 

er  rat  ic 

es  tab  lish 

e  ter  nal 

c  van  id 

e  va  sive 

e  vent  ful 

ex  act  ivo 

ex  am  ine 

ex  am  pie 

ex  clu  sive 

ex  car  nate 

ex  cep  tive 

ex  cheq  uer 

ex  cite  ment 


ted  Of)  tJie  fSecond, 

ex  ot  ic 
ex  pec  tance 
ex  plo  sive 
ex  po  sure 
ex  pound  er 
ex  prcs  sive 
ex  pro  brate 
ex  pul  sive 
ex  sic  cate 
ex  tal  ic 
ex  ter  nal 
ex  tin  guish 
ex  tir  pate 
ex  treme  ]j 
ex  ult  ant' 
for  get  ful 
for  giv  ing 
ge  nor  ic 
ge  ne  va 
ig  no  ble 
ex  pie  tive 
es  cape  ment 
re  fu  sal  . 
in  tend  ant 
neg  lect  fnl 
pro  due  tive 
pre  ten  der 
im  prcs  sive 
per  sua  sive 
sub  mis  sive 
mo  men  to  us 
pro  grcs  sive 
re  ten  tive 


92  THE   CONFEDERATE 


fi,  nan  cial  ex  clu'sive  se  lee  ted 

sa  tan  ic  ex  ere  tive  of  fen  sive 

for  got  ten  ex  cur  sive  re  ver  sivo 

be  sot  ted  ex  em  plar  per  spec  live 

a  ver  ment  ex  bib  it  pro  trii  sive 

LESSON  LXXIY. 

THE  OWL  AND  THE  MOUSE. 

A.    FAULK. 

An  owl  was  caught  in  a  snare.  In  tliis  sad  conditioti 
he  entreated  a  mouse  to  gnaw  ofl'  the  cords  and  liberate 
him.  The  mouse  refused  to  do  so,  unless  the  owl  would 
first  solemnly  promise  never  again  to  kill  mice. 

The  owl  was  liberated  on  that  condition.  Not  long- 
afterwards  he  caught  a  hat  in  an  old  barn,  and%\as  about*to 
devour  it.  But  being  struck  with  its  resemblance  to  the 
mouse,  he  hesitated  about  killing  it.  At  length  he  con- 
cluded to  devour  it  as  a  bird,  and  not  as  a  mouse. 

itORAL. 

I'he  principle  with  many  persons  is,  '*  Change  the  name 
&bd  you  may  do  what  you  like."  Thus  murder  is  defended 
as  duelling.  Theft  and  robbery  arc  lauded  under  the 
name  of  '^  sharj)  tradiiuj  !  "'  Do  wicked  men  hate  religion 
and  desire  to  make  it  odious '{  They  give  it  the  name 
hypocrisy  or  priestcraft,  and  then  they  spit  at  it  all  their 
venom,  and  pile  upon  it  all  their  abuse  ! 

Words  of  Two  Syllables,  Accented  on, the  First, -iiieddk 
of  ivhich  TH  have  their  asperate  sound. 

an  ther  au  tbor  tbirs  ty  diph  tlioiig 

e  ther  meth  od  tbim  ble  triph  thong, 

etb  ics  pan  ther  thick  et   ■  tbin^ly 

ze  nitb  length  y  tbrif  ty  tlior'ougb 

tbe  sis  Tburs  day  throt  tie  tbros  tie         "* 

tlmn  der  think  er  .  sab  bath  .  ja  ciiitU 

an  them  d^ath  less  tbou  sand  tilth  y 


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Words  of  Three 
hles^  Accented 
have  the  aspei 

a  can  thus 
ca  thar  tic 
me  theg  liii 
me  thod  ic 
-pan  the  on 
aU'tben  tic 
syn  tliet  ic 
ca  the  dral 
pa'thet  ic 
\\  re  thra 
ath  let  ic 
nn  think  ins: 
en  throne  ment 
de' throne  ment 
tho  rac  ic 
un  thrif  tv 
WW  thwart  ed 
nn  thank  ful 
cath  p  lie 
plcth  o  ric 


SylUdfles^  and  Words  of  Four  Sylla- 
on  the  Fird  and  Second .,  in  which  TH 
•ate  sound. 


am  a  ranth 
am  e  thyst 
math  e  sis 
ayii  the  sis 
up  a  thy 
Icth  ar  gy 
lab  V  rinth 
liy  a  cinth 
cp  i  thet 
ap  o  the^/m 
en  thusiasm 
me  thod  i  cal 
a  rith  me  tic 
CO  rin  thi  an 
li  thot  o  my 
ca  tholi  con 
hy  poth  e  sis 
my  thol  o  gy 
or  thog  ra  phy 
li  thog  ra  phy 

lt:sson  lxxv 


ther  mom  e  ter 
can  thar  i  des 
phi  Ian  thro  py 
the  ol  o  gy 
an  tith  e  sis 
an  tip  a  thy 
a  nath  e  ma 
mis  an  thro  py 
the  oc  ra  cy 
the  od  o  lite 
me  thod  i  cal 
e  the  re  al 
the  ri  a  cal 
aii  then  ti  cate 
au  thor  i  ty 
le  vi  a  than 
hy  potli  e  cate 
un  truth  iul  ncss 
un  think  ing  ly 
ath  let  i  cal 


FLOWERS.  . 
Yes  J  floTvcrs  have  toDes— God  gave  to  each 
A- language  ot*  its  own, 
And  bade  the  simple  blossom  teach, 
Where'er  its  seeds  are  sown  ; 
Ttis  voice  is  on  the  mountain  height.- 
And  by  the  river's  side, 
Where  flowers  bljish  iu  glowing  light, 
III  loneliness  or  pride  ; 
Wo  feel  all  o'er  the  blooming  sod, 
It  is  the  language  of  our  God. 


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THE  CONFEDERATE 


PROVERBS. 

Silence  seldom  does  any  harm. 
Sit  in  your. place  and  none  will  make  you  rise. 
Speak  the  truth  and  shame  the  devil. 
Short  reckonings  make  long  friends- 
Sloth  is  the  mother  of  poverty. 
Speech  is  the  gift  of  all — thought  of  few. 
Such  is  the  tree,  such  the  fruit. 
Soon  ripe,  soon  rotten.     Soon  well,  soon  ili. 
Take  care  of  the  dimes — dollars  then  are  safe. 
Take  heed  and  surely  speed. 

Tell  me  your  companions — that  is  enough  , 

Temperance  is  the  best  physic. 
That  is  weir  spoken  that  is  well  takfcn. 
That's  placing  the  cart  before  the  horse. 
The  blind  man's  wife  needs  no  painting. 
The  cobbler's  wife  is  the  worst  shod. 

Words  of  Different  Accent. 

Many  words,  alike  in  spelling,  are  distinguished  only  by 
the  accent.  In  the  following  lesson,  the  nouns  and  adjec- 
tives of  the  first  and  third  columns  have  the  accent  on  the 
first  syllable.  The  verbs,  in  the  second  and  fonrtb  columns, 
have  it  on  the  second : 

affix 

accent 

abstract' 

compound 

collect 

conduct 

confine 

conserve 

conflict 

concert 

convict 

digest 

extract 

export 


affix 

absent 

absent 

accent 
abstract  . 

augment" 
cement 

augiiient 
cemeut 

compound 
collect 

colleague 
convert    ' 

cono;:.gue 
conver.t 

conduct 

conduct 

conduct 

confine 

consort 

conijort 

conserve 

contract 

contract 

conflict 

contest 

conlcet 

concert 

converse 

.  converse 

convict 
digest 

convoy 
ferment 

corrvoy 
ferment 

extract 
export 

import 
frequent 

•   import 
freq  J.ent 

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impress  impress  gallant  gallant 

incense  incense  insult  insult 

concrete  .concrete  attribute  attribute 

record  record  rebel  rebel 

refuse  refuse  subject  subject 

survey  survey  surname  surname 

transfer  transfer  torment  torment 

transport  transport  upcast  upcast 

LESSON  ftXXVI. 

THE    CONFLICT   ENDED. 

Servant  of  God,  well  done ! 

Rest  from  thy  loved  employ ; 
The  battle  fought,  the  victory  >yon, 

Enter  thy  Master's  joy. 

His  sword  was  in  his  hand, 
Still  warm  with  recent  fight, 

Ready,  that  moment,  at  command, 
Thro'  rock  and  steel  to  smite. 

Oft  with  its  fiery  edge 

His  arm  had  quelled  the  foe,* 

And  laid,  resistless  in  its  course, 

The  demon  armies  low.  • 

At  midnight  came  the  cry, 

*'  Come,  take  a  higher  sphere ; '' 
.  He  woke  and  saw  his  Captajn  nigh, 
Then  strong  in  faith  and  pruyier. 

His  spirit  with  a  bound, 

Left  its  encumbering  clay  ; 
His  tent,  at  sunrise,  on  the  ground, 

An  empty  ruin  lay  I 

Servant  of  God,  well  done  ! 

Praise  be  thy  new  employ; 
And  while  Qternal  ages  run. 

Rest  in  thy  Savior's  joy  I 


96 


THE   CONFEDERATE 


Words  of  Thi 

a  bate  ment 
en  rol-ment 
en  large  meut 
en  tan  gle 
in  her  it 
de  tile  ment 
*in  duce  ment 
^n  camp  ment 
de  cep  tive 
CO  part  ner 
pre  fer  ment 
con  fine  ment 
ac  quil  tal 
e  quip  ment 
af  firm  ance 
de  ter  gent 
di  min  ish 
de  ben  ture 
dis  cred  it 
do  mes  tic 
do  min  ion 
de  mer  it 
cos  met  ic 
en  deav  or 
in  form  ant , 
a  bu  sive 
as  sio-n  ment 


-ee  Syllables^  Accented  on  the  Second, 
con  clu  sive  en  slave  ment 


de  fi  ant 
em  bar  go 
cm  bar  rass 
em  bit  ter 
ac  knowl  edge 
op  po  nent 
op  po^er 
ab  sor  bent 
of  fen  sive 
ab  j  are  ment 
as  sua  sive 
ac  cus  tom 
ac  cou  tre 
CO  e  qua! 
CO  e-val 
con  tent  ment 
sub  mis  sive 
sub  ver  sive 
re  fine  ment 
re  li  ancG 
re  cum  bent 
so  cern  ment 
se  due  tive 
de  liv  er 
de  struc  tive 
de  throne  ment 


•re  ten  tive 
ro  man4ic 
tor  men  tor 
en  coun  ter 
sur  ren  der 
fo  ren  sic 
for  bid  ding 
sple  net  ic 
spe  cif  ic 
pe  dan  tic 
se  ques  ter 
sub  scri  ber 
de  liv  er 
en  rap  turc 
en  force  ment 
in  for  mal 
pre  fer  ment 
pro  lif  ic 
pros  pec  tive 
tri  um  phant 
re  bel  lious 
re  plev  in 
oc  cur  rence 
ac  cred  it 
a  mal  gam 
ad  mon  i'sh 


LESSON  LXXAai. 

GOD'S  PRESENCE  AND   GLORY. 

God  came  from  Teman,  and  the  Holy  Oue  from  Mount 
Paran.  J>clah.  His  glory  coA^ered  the  heavens,  and  the 
earth  was  full  of  His  praise.  His  brightness  was  as  the 
light.  He  had  horns  coming  out  of  his  hand,  and  there 
was  the  hiding  out  of  His  power.  Before  Him  went  ihe 
pesfilence,  and  burning  coals  went  forth  at  his  feet.  He 
stood  and  measured  the  earth ;  He  beheld  and  drove  asunder 


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the  nations,  and  the  everlasting  mountains  were  scattered, 
the  perpetual  hills  did  bow ;  His  ways  are  everlasting. 
V  '  I  saw  the  tents  of  Cushan  in  affliction  ;  and  the  curtains 
of  the  land  of  Midian  did  tremble. 

Was  the  Lord  displeased  against  the  rivers?  Was 
thine  anger  against  the  rivers  ?  Was  Thy  wrath  against 
the  sea,  that  Thou  didst  ride  upon  Thy  horses  and  Thy 
chariots  of  salvation  ? 

Thy  bow  was  made  quite  naked,  according  to  the  oaths 
of  the  tribes,  even  Thy  word.     Selah. 

The  mountains  saw  Thee,  and  they  trembled ;  the  deep 
uttered  his  voice,  and  lifted  up  his  hands  on  high.  The 
sun  and  the  moon  stood  still  in  their  habitations  ;  at  the 
light  of  Thine  arrows  they  went,  and  at  (he  shining  of 
Thy  glittering  spear. 

Thou  didst  march  through  the  land  in  indjf  nation ; 
Thou  didsi  thresh  the  heathen  in  anger;  Thou  wentest 
forth  for  the  salvation  of  Thy  people,  even  for  the  salva- 
tion of  Thine  anointed. — Bible. 

\Vords  terminating  in  IZE,  Accented  on  the  First  Syllable, 
hot  a  nize  bar  bar  ize  gal  van  ize 

ro  man  ize 

clog  ma  tize 

fer  til  ize 

tyr  an  nize 

mor  al  ize 

em  pha  size 

mod  ern  ize 

mem  or  ize 

lo  cal  ize 

ster  il  ize 


civ  il  ize 
bas  tard  ize 
sub  si  dize 
det  o  nize 
gor  mand  ize 
her  bo  rize 
mag  net  ize 
stig  ma  tize 


the  o  rize 
jour  nal  ize 
can  ter  ize 
pat  ron  ize 
ox  yd  ize 
ju  da  ize 
can  on  ize 
ag  o  nize 


gar  ga  rize 
tan  tal  ize 
or  gan  ize 
chris  tian  ize 
au  thor  ize 
dram  a  tize 


bra  tal  ize 
col  o  nize 
i  dol  ize 
3^  al  ize 
gal  van  ize 
le  gal  ize 
pul  ver  ize 
mel  o  dize 
po  lar  ize 
fo  cal  ize 
vo  cal  ize 
sat  ir  ize 
OS  tra  cize 
tem  por  ize 
gen  til  ize 
scru  ti  nize 


^Vo^€.— The  terminations  ing^  ed  and  atioiv  should  be  added  to  each, 
of  these  words  as  they  are  spelled. 

.     E 


98  THE  CONFEDERATE 


TROUT  AND  YOUTH. 

It  is  said  that  trout  are  often  caught  with  hooks  in  their 
mouths,  which  they  had  carried  oflf  only  a  short  time 
before !  .     > 

This  is  not  strange  to  those  who  reflect  that  juveniles  of 
the  human  family  will  swallow  the  same  lioolc  a  thousand 
times  !  They  do  this  also  with  the  known  fact  before 
them,  that  "  Canglii  at  last ''  is  always  the  death-knell 
report ! 

LESSON  LXXVIII. 

EARLY    DEVOTION. 

Early,  my  God,  without  delay, 

I  haste  to  seek  Thy  face  ; 
My  thirsty  spirit  faints  awory, 

Without  Thy  cheering  grace. 

So  pilgrims  on  the  scorching  sand, 

Beneath  a  burning  sky, 
Long  for  a  cooling  stream  at  hand, 

And  they  must  drink  or  die. 

I've  seen  Thy  glory  and  Thy  power, 

Thro'  all  Thy  temple  shine  ! 
My  God,  repeat  that  heavenly  hour,. 

That  vision  so  divine. 

Not  all  the  blessings  of  a  feast 

Can  please  my  soul  so  well, 
As  when  Thy  richer  grace  I  taste, 

And  in  Thy  presence  dwell. 

Not  life  itself,  with  all  its  joys, 

Can  my  best  pnssions  move. 
Or  raise  so  high  my  cheerful  voice, 

As  Thy  forgiving  love. 

Thus,  till  my  last  expiring  day, 

I'll  bless  my  God  and  King ; 
Thus  will  I  lift  my  hands  to  pray, 

And  tune  my  lips  to  sing.  • 


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99 


Wbi'ds  of  Five  Syllables,-  Accented  on  the  Third. 

ac  a  dem  ic  al  hy  dro  ceph  a  lus     in  ca  pac  i  tate 

im  me  chan  i  cal 

im  mc  mo  ri  al 

il  le  git  i  mate 

im  mc  thod  ie  al 

ap  0  the  0  sis 

el  e  men  ta  ry 

ep  i  log  ic  al 

ex  com  mu  ni  cate 

fii  si  bil  i  ty 

aph  0  ris  ti  cal 

on  er  get  i  cal 

hy  per  crit  i  cal 

im  mo  bil  i  ty 

im  ma  te  ri  al 

ira  mor  tal  i  ty 
dis  pro  por  tion  ate  im  per  cep  ti  ble 
am  bi  gu  i  ty 


en  er  get  ic  al 
e  nig  mat  ic  al 
met  a  plior  ic  al 
ac  a  do  mi  an 
am  phi  the  a  trc 
il  le  gal  i  ty 
an  e  mom  e  tor 
am  0  ni  a  cal 
an  e  mog  ra  phy 
in  ere  du  li  ty 
par  si  mo  ni  ous 
gram  i  niv  or  ous 
cu  ri  OS  i  ty 
in  ac  ces  si  ble 
in  sig  nif  i  cant 


con  tra  ri  e  ty 
an  ti  typ  i  cal 
ar  0  mat  i  cal 
ep  j  gram  ma  tist 
ep  i  sod  ic  al 
aph  i  Ian  Iho  py 


im  mar  ces  si  ble 
im  per  sua  si  ble 
im  por  tu  ni  ty 
im  pro  lif  i  cate 
al  i  men  ta  ry 
in  ar  tic  u  late 
na  tion  al  i  ty 


in  can  des  cen  cy 
in  ef  fi  cient  ly 
fu  si  bil  i  tv 
fri  a  bil  i  ty 
di  a  met  ri  cal 
in  ter  me  di  ate 
in  cor  rupt  i  ble 
in  dis  crim  i  nate 
im  pro  pri  e  ty 
in  ex  pe  di  ent 
in  com  pat  i  ble 
in  de  ci  sive  ly 
ho  mo  ge  ne  ous 
ac  ri  mo  ni  ous 
e  qui  pon  der  ate 
un  ac  cep  ti  ble 
in  ad  mis  si  ble 
in  ter  nun  ti  o 
par  ti  cip  i  al 
in  ef  fee  tu  al 
ef  flo  res  cen  cy 
in  dis  pen  sa  ble 
in  ter  cal  a  ry 


LESSON  L^XIX. 

GRATITUDE. 
What  shall  I  render  to  my  Grod 

For  all  his  kindness  shown  ? 
My  feet  shall  visit  Thine  abode, 

My  songs  address  Thy  throne  ! 

Among  the  saints  that  fill  Thy  house, 

xMy  oiferings  shall  be  paid ; 
There  shall  my  zeal  perform  the  vows 

My  soul  in  anguish  made. 

Now  I  am  Thine,  forever.Thine,     x 
Nor  shall  my^ purpose  move  ', 

Thy  hands  have  loosed  my  bonds  of  pain, 
And  bound  me  with  Thy  love. 


100 


THE   CONFEDERATE 


Various  Mo7iosyUahles. 


stride 

guide 

sword 

gourd 

lewd 

shrewd 

crouch 

slouch 

grove 

strove 

pouch 

vouch 


sprite 

smite 

barge 

charge 

sheen 

screen 

quaff 

laugh 

burst 

worst 

launch 

craunch' 


stoop 

troop 

crump 

trump 

twist 

wrist 

dose 

gross 

loose 

goose 

snare 

square 


rough 

tough 

dodge 

podge 

trash 

splash 

meek 

sleek 

small 

scrawl 

clothe 

loathe 


Natural  History  is  at  once  very  pleasing  and  instruc- 
tive to  children  and  youth.  It  treats  of  the  entire  animal 
kingdom,  which  you  may  know  includes  all  the  beasts, 
birds,  fishes,  reptiles,  insects  and  the  auimaleulae,  i&o  small 
to  be  seen  without  the  aid  of  the  microscope. 

It  is  very  delightful  to  see  or  to  read  about  all  the 
different  animals,  to  learn  their  classifications,  and  become, 
acquainted  with  their  size,  their  appearancCj  their  struc- 
ture, their  disposition,  their  manner  of  life,  and  the  uses 
which  they  may  subserve  in  the  world. 

In  this  little  work  I  can  give  you  only  a  few  specimens ; 
but  I  hope  you  will  take  an  interest  in  all  of  God's  won- 
derful works,  and  get  acquainted  with  as  many  of  them  as 
you  can. 

Here  is  a  very  curious  little  creature,  called  the  ''  Red 
Owl."  His  eyes  and  his  ears  are  very  wonderful.  And 
then  the  manner  in'lvhich  he  doles  out  his  notes  is  very 
queer.  You  need  never  be  afraid  of  owls.  They  do  not 
hurt  people,  nor  do  they  forbode  any  evil  to  us  when  they 
oome  about  our  houses. 


THE  RED  OWL. 


Owls  are  birds  of  prey,  and  the  only  birds  of  that  sort 
that  are  nocturnal  in  their  habits — that  is,  which  sleep 
through  the  day,  and  move  about  and  seek  their  prey  at 
night.    To  enable  them  to  find  their  way  in  the  dark,  and 


SPELLING  BOOK.  101 

see  their  prey — even  down  to  small  mice — their  eyes  are 
very  large,  and  the  pupil  is  extraordinarily  large,  so  as  to 
let  in  a  great  amount  of  what  little  light  there  may  be 
shining  in  the  night.  At  the  same  time,  there  is  a  circle, 
almost  funnel-shaped,  of  light  feathers,  surrounding  the 
eye,  and  so  disposed  as  to  throw  light  upon  the  eye.  Then 
its  ^ears  are  very  large,  (it  is  the  only  bird  that  has  an 
external  ear)  and  very  sensitive.  In  some  sorts  of  owls 
the  ear  has  a  lid,  which  opens  at  the  will  of  the  bird ;  and 
so  its  sense  of  hearing  is  perhaps  as  important  a  help  to  it 
as  its  sight  is  in  catching  its  prey  in  the  dark.  Besides 
these  qualifications  for  the  peculiar  life  they  lead,  their 
plumage  is  so  downy  that  when  they  fly  they  make  no 
noise,  which  enables  them  to  pounce  upon  the  little  mouse 
or  rabbit  before  the  victim  is  aware  of  his  danger. 

The  red  owl  is  known  in  this  country  as  the  little 
screech-owl.  Did  you  never  hear  their  querulous,  melan- 
choly voice  in  the  evening  ?  On  moonlight  nights  they 
seem  to  take  delight  in  making  the  country  road  lonesome 
by  answering  each  other  across  the  fields. 

They  sleep  in  the  day  time  in  cedar,  pine  and  other 
thick  trees,  and  generally  build  in  the  hollows  of  trees, 
but  sometimes  in  orchards. 

LESSON  LXXX. 

HEALTH  AND  BEAUTY. 

A  maiden  once,  well  known  to  fame, 

With  rosy  cheek  and  beaming  eye, 
When  questioned  whence  her  beauty  came, 

Thus  promptly  made  in  rhyme  reply :  ^ 

'*  O'er  beauteous  grounds  IVe  daily  walked, 
Where  buds  and  flowers  their  glories  spread  j 

With  them,  as  friend  to  friend,  Tve  talked, 
And  on  their  richest  fragrance  fed. 

"  Where  Nature  grouped  her  magic  bowers, 
And  breathed  Elysian  sweets  around, 

There  have  I  sp^nt  my  leisure  hours. 
And  there  my  chief  delight  have  found. 


102 


THE   CONFEDERATE 


"  My  mind  is- ever  active,  bright, 

True  wisdom's  teachings  make  me  wise ; 

Each  winged  hour  brings  fresh  delight, 

And  thence  both  'Health'  and  'Beauty'  rise." 

"  Enough,  enough/'  her  friend  replied, 

''  The  ample  causes  now  I  view  ; 
My  in-door  life  I'll  lay  aside. 

And  your  example  I'll  pursue." 

And  now,  ye  Southern  ladies  fair, 

Would  you  to  those  attainments  rise  ? 

Live  much  in  fresh  and  oj)en  oiVy 

Eve^s  ancient  duties  ne^er  despise. — B. 

In  the  folloioing  lists  of  Words ^  Monosyllables  and 
Dissyllahles,  the  sound  of  H  p7'ecec/e5  that  of  the  W, 
Jiwen  hwat. 


whale 

which 

whee  die 

whi  tish. 

what 

whisk 

white  wash 

whi  ting 

wharf 

whiff 

whip  stock' 

whis  per 

wheat 

whim 

whis  key 

whis  ker 

wheel 

whip 

wher  ry 

whith  er 

wheeze 

whin 

whet  stone 

whis  tie 

while 

why 

whith  er 

whif  fie    . 

whine 

whiz 

wbit  low 

whit  tie 

white 

whelm. 

whig  gisli 

whig  gism 

wHt 

when 

whim  per 

whin  ny 

whelp 

whist 

whirl  pool 

whirl  wind 

whence 

whey 

whin  yard 

whil  bat 

where 

whig 

whip  graft 

wharf  age 

EXAMPLES  POR  CONFEDERATE  LADIES. 

An  English  traveler,  who  has  had  opportunities  of 
observation  in  the  first  circles  in  the  various  American 
States,  North  and  South,  expresses  his  astonishment  at  the 
indolence  of  American  fine  ladies. 

He  says  no  English  woman  of  rank,  from  the  queen 
downward,  would  remain  unemployed  for  half  an  hour,  or 
sit  in  a  rocking-chair,  unless  seriously  ill.  With  hardly 
an  exception,  he  says,  they  copy  the  business  letters  of 


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their  husbands,  fathers  or  brothers,  attend  minutely  to  the 
wants  of  the  poor,  taking  part  in  their  amusements  and 
sympathizing  with  their  sorrows,  visit  and  superintend  the 
schools,  work  in  their  gardens,  see  to  their  household 
concerns,  look  over  the  weekly  accounts,  and  with  all  their 
occupations,  by  early  hours  keep  up  their  acquaintance 
witli  the  literature  and  politics  of  the  day,  and  cultivate 
the  accomplishments  of  music  and  drawing,  living  lives  of 
energy  and  usefulness,  without  ostentation  or  an  idea  that 
they  arc  doing  more  than  their  simple  duty. 

LESSON  LXXXI. 

WHO   SHALL  INHABIT? 
Who  shall  inhabit  in  Thy  hill, 

O  God  of  holiness  '/ 
Whom  will  the  Lord  admit  to  dwell 

So  near  His  throne  of  grace  ? 

The  man  who  walks  in  pious  ways, 
And  works  with  righteous  hands ; 

Who  trusts  his  Maker's  promised  grace, 
And  follows  his  commands. 

LOOK  UPWARD. 

A  man,  whose  memory  was  so  short  that  he  could  not 
remember  the  eighth  commandment,  went  one  night  to 
his  neighbor's  field  to  steal  corn. 

He  took  his  little  son  with  him  to  hold  the  sacks,  and 
assist  in  the  intended  robbery. 

Before  entering  the  field  he  stood  upon  the  fence,  and 
looked  in  every  direction  round  him  to  see  if  any  person 
was  watching  them.  Supposing  that  no  one  observed 
them,  he  got  down  and  started  toward  the  corn-heap.  His 
son,  who  had  been  well  taught  in  the  Sabbath  School,  said  to 
him  :  "  Father,  there  is  one  way  you  did  not  look."  '*  What 
way  V    said  he.      "  Why  you  forgot  to  look  upward.'* 

Conscience  smitten,  and  in  terror  at  the  thought  of  that 
all-penetrating  eye  that  was  upon  him,  he  instantly  with- 
drew from  the  field ;  and,  it  is  said,  never  afterwards  was 
guilty  of  a  like  offense. 

''Look  upward"  is  a  good  motto.  All  persons  should 
remember  it 


104 


THE  CONFEDERATE 


Words  of.  Four  Syllables^  Accented  on  the  Second, 

ad  ven  tu  rous     ir  res  o  lute  ma  lev  o  lent 

ad  ver  si  ty  pre  em  i  nent       i  tin  er  ant 

un  gen  er  ous       e  mol  u  ment       h}^  drog  ra  phy 
mag  nan  i  mous  dis  par  age  ment  ich  nog  ra  phy 
im  pos  tu  mate     en  courage  ment  im  mac  u  late 
es  tab  lish  ment   im  man  a  cle 
em  bel  lish  ment  im  man  i  ty 
em  bod  i  ment      im  me  di  ate 
en  franchise  ment  il  lau  da  ble 
im  pros  per  ous    il  lit  er  ate 
im  mor  tal  ize 
im  mod  er  ate 
ve  rac  i  ty 
ve  nal  i  ty 
fe  cun  di  ty 
'fu  ne  re  al 


im  pose  a  ble 
im  pres  si  ble 
om  nip  o  tent 
mi  nor  i  ty 
mel  lif  lu  ent 
in  car  cer  ate 
in  an  i  mate 
im  prov  i  dence 
im  por  tu  nate 
in  teg  u  ment 
as  ton  ish  ment 


im  pol  i  iut 
sym  met  ri  cal 
som  nif  er  ous 
vo  lu  min  ous' 
mor  tif  er  ous 


re  lin  quish  ment  im  prob  a  ble 
im  pris  on  ment     in  noc  u  ous 
ir  rev  er  ent         in  cor  po  rate 


ar  mig  er  ous 
ar  mip  o  tent 
al  tim  e  try 
ar  tis  ti  cal 


LESSON  LXXXII. 

THE  EARTH. 

How  goodly  is  the  earth  I 
Its  mountain  tops  hehold 
Its  rivers  broad  and  strong, 
Its  solemn  forests  old ; 
Behold  the  radiant  isles, 
With  which  the  ocean  smiles ; 
Behold  the  seasons  run, 
Obedient  to  the  sun  ; 
The  gracious  showers  descend- 
Life  springing  without  end ; 
Behold  all  these,  and  know 
How  goodly  is  the  earth. 

How  goodly  is  the  earth  ! 
Yet  if  the  earth  be  made 
So  goodly,  wherein  all 


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105 


That  is  shall  droop  and  fade  ; 
So  i^oodlj,  where  is  strife 
Ever  'twixt  death  and  life ; 
Where  trouble  dims  the  eye, 
Where  sin  hath  mastery  ;      , 
-     How  much  more  bright  and  fair 
Will  be  that  region  where 
The  saints  of  God  shall  rest, 
Rejoicing,  with  the  blest ; 
Where  pain  is  not,  nor  death — 
'*  The  Paradise  of  G6d!'' 

•N. 

THE  HUMBLE  AND  CONTRITE. 

For  thus  saith  the  high  and  lofty  One  that  inhabiteth 
eternity,  whose  nume  is  holy  :  I  dwell  in  the  high  and  holy 
place,  with  him  also  that  is  of  a  contrite  and  humble  spirit, 
to  revive  the  spirit  of  the  humble,  and  to  revive  the  heart 
of  the  contrite  ones.  Heaven  is  my  throne,  and  the  earth 
is  my  footstool;  but  to  this  man  will  I  look,  even  to  him 
that  is  poor  and  of  a  contrite  spirit,  and  trembleth  at  my 
word. — Bible. 

Words  of  Four  Syllables^  Accented  on  the  Second. 

de  nom  i  nate       in  firm  a  ry 


ac  cip  i  ent 
ab  dom  i  nal 
ab  sur  di  ty- 
ac  com  mo  date 
al  lo  di  um 
fa  ce  tious  ly 
fer  men  ta  tive 
ap  pro  pri  ate 
se  ver  i  ty 
so  lid  i  ty 
a  per  i  tive 
fe  roc  i  ty 
flu  id  i  ty 
a  pos  tro  phe 
ap  pa  rent  ly 
an  ti  ci  pate 
dis  GOV  er  y 


pre  var  i  cate 
an  niihi  late 
am  mo  ni  ac 
am  bil  o  quy 
am  big  u  ous 
ad  ver  bi  al 
am  bas  sa  dor 
an  nu  i  tant 
an  tag  o  nist 
a  nom  a  lous 
an  thol  o  gy 
an  tip  o  dal 
an  tip  o  des 
an  tiph  o  ny 
a  poc  a  lypse 


ad  ven  tu  rous 
af  firm  a  tive 
ap  par  i  tor 
ex  ec  u  tive 
ec  cen  tri  cal 
cen  trip  e  tal 
cen  trif  u  gal 
con  sol  i  date 
be  ro  ic  al 
liu  mid  i  ty 
pa  ter  ni  ty 
fer  ment  a  ble 
fes  tiv  i  ty 
fer  til  i  ty 
flu  id  i  tjr 


ap  prox  i  mate    neu  trail  ty. 


106 


THE  CONFEDERATE 


LESSON  LXXXIII. 

PPwAISE. 
I'll  praise  my  Maker  with  my  breath, 
And  when  my  voice  is  lost  in  death, 

Praise  shall  employ  my  nobler  powers ; , 
My  days  of  praise  shall  ne'er  be  past, 
While  life  and  thought  and  being  last, 

Or  immortality  endures. 

Happy  the  man  whose  hopes  rely 
On  Israel's  God;  He  made  the  sky, 

And  earth  and  seas,  with  s,li  their  train : 
His  truth  forever  stands  secure  ; 
He  saves  the  oppressed,  He  feeds  the  poor, 

And  none  shall  find  his  promise  vain. 

He  knows  His  saints,  He  loves  them  well, 
But  turns  the  wicked  down  to  hell : 

Thy  God,  0  Zion,  ever  reigns ; 
Let  every  tongue,  let  every  age, 
In  this  exalted  work  engage ; 

Praise  Him  in  everlasting  strains. 


■ 

Various 

Monosyllahles. 

sweat 

cheese 

helm 

crawl 

threat 

squeeze 

whelm 

drawl 

scheme 

eight 

fitch 

switch 

theme 

weight     * 

pitch 

tv/itch 

built 

surge 

snore 

clink 

guilt 

purge 

swore 

think 

tempt 

brief 

furl 

cheat 

dreamt 

thief 

churl 

wheat 

splint 

cease 

bourne 

flounce 

squint 

lease 

mourn 

trounce 

ounce 

snout 

drink 

didst 

pounce 

spout 

chink 

midst 

GOOD  FOR  EYIL. 
1.  Jnjustice,  private  injuries  and  a  spirit  of  retaliation 
or  revenge  are  the  prolific  sources  of  most  evils  found  in 
human  society. 


SPELLING  BOOK.  107 

2.  Hence,  as  a  most  wise  and  beneficent  provision,  the 
rendering  of  evil  for  evil  is  divinely  forbidden.  "  Recom- 
pense to  no  man  evil  for  evil  '^  is  the  divine  command  ; 
and  it  is  binding  upon  all  men. 

3.  Another  injunction  is :  ''  Be  kindly  afi"cctioned,  one 
to  another,  with  brotherly  love ;  in  honor  preferring  one 
another.''  Again  it  is  enjoined  :  "  Bless  them  that  curse 
vou;  bless,. and  curse  not.  If  it  be  possible,  as  much  s» 
lieth  in  you,  live  peaceably  with  all  men.'' 

4.  "  Avenge  not  yourselves  ;  but  rather  give  place  unto 
wrath  ;  for  it  is  written,  Vengeance  is  mine,  I  will  repay, 
saith  the  Lord." 

5.  "Therefore,  if  thine  enemy  hunger,  feed  him;  if  he 
thirst,  give  him  drink ;  for,  in  so  doing,  thou  shalt  heap 
coals  of  fire  on  his  head."  "Be  not  overcome  of  evil,  but 
overcome  evil  with  good." 

6.  The  known  fact  also  is,  that  all  men  wish  others  to 
treat  them  justly,  kindly  and  charitably.  But  the  sum  of 
the  whole  moral  law  is:  "Whatsoever  ye  would  that  mea 
should  do  unto  you,  do  ye  even  so  to  them." 

7.  If  all  persons  would  observe  this  simple  and  beautiful 
rule,  what  a  peaceful  and  happy  world  would  we  soon 
have,  instead  of  its  being  full  of  contention,  strife,  evil 
speaking,  war  and  bloodshed,  as  it  has  always  been  !  Let 
all  learn,  then,  to  do  as  they  would  be  done  by. 

LESSON  LXXXIV.  ^^ 

SUBLI^^E    THOUGHT. 

Above  the  crowd, 
On  upward  wings,  could  I  but  fly, 
I'd  bathe  in  yon  bright  cloud, 
And  seek  the  stars  that  gem  the  sky. 

'Twere  heaven  indeed. 
Through  fields  of  trackless  light  to  soar, 
On  nature's  charms  to  feed. 
And  nature's  own  great  God  adore. 

THE  ZEBRA. 

The  little  readers  of  this  book  would  be  greatly  delighted 
tp  sec  the  JSebra.  It  is  found  only  in  the  inferior  of  Afrioa, 


f 
108  THE  CONFEDERATE 


and  is  one  of  the  wildest  animals  found  on  the  globe.  Few 
of  them  have  ever  been  taken. 

It  is  a  very  beautiful  animal.  Its  form  is  very  much 
like  that  of  the  horse,  except  that  it  is  much  smaller.  Its 
body  is  round,  compact  and  fleshy;  its  limbs  slender  and 
handsome.  Its  hair  is  smooth  and  glossy.  It  is  destitute 
of  mane,  and  has  only  a  tuft  of  long  hair  on  the  end  of  its 
tail. 

The  whole  body  of  the  Zebra  is  covered  with  black  and 
white  stripes,  which  give  it  a  very  singular  appearance. 
"When  in  the  forests  and  deserts,  they  are  always  on  the 
watch ;  and  their  swiftness  is  such  that  it  is  exceedingly 
difficult  to  take  them  alive.  In  disposition,  they  are  very 
vicious.  To  handle  them  is  dangerous,  to  tame  them 
scarcely  possible. 

So  you  se^,  children,  that  it  is  not  every  thing  heaud'fiil 
that  is  good  or  useful;  and  so  lon^  as  you  get  nice  little 
ponies,  you  need  not  desire  this  strange  animal. 

con  tern  pla  tive  de  clar  a  tive  dis  cour  te  sy 

contemptible  declinable  dispensary 

con  tempt  u  ous  de  crep  i  tude  dis  pla  cen  cy 

con  ter  min  ous  de  cum  ben  cy  dis  qual  i  f}^ 

con  test  a  ble  de  ri  va  ble  dis  qui  e  tude 

con  tig  u  ous  de  struc  ti  ble  dog  mat  i  cal 

con  trac  ti  ble  de  light  ful  ly  ex  tat  i  cal 

con  trib  u  tor  de  mo  ni  ac  ef  fee  tu  al 

con  vex  i  ty  de  pop  u  late  ef  fern  i  nate 

CO  op  er  ate  di  lu  ci  date  ef  fron  te  ry 

CO  or  di  nate  dis  cern  i  ble  e  lee  tri  cat 

CO  part  ner  ship  dis  ci  pie  ship  e  lu  ci  date 

cor  po  re  al  dis  con  so  late  e  man  ci  pate 

cor  rob  or  ant  dis  cour  age  ment  en  bar  rass  ment 

cru  cif  er  ous  dis  cov  er  y  em  bel  lish  ment 

LESSON    LXXXY. 
PEAR  NO  EVIL. 
I  need  not  fear  an  evil  day, 
While  to  my  Heavenly  King  I  pray ; 
For  all  my  wants  will  be  supplied 
By  Him  who  ia  my  shield  and  guide. 


SPELLING  BOOK. 


109 


I  cannot  in  my  .Bible  find 
""'One  word  of  FoHnne  being  hind; 
But  this  I  know  that  Jesus  came 
To  save  me  from  eternal  flame. 

I  know  that  unto  Him  is  given 
Almighty  power  in  earth  and  heaven  ; 
'    .   I  know  no  other  God  can  be, 

Than  He  who  showed  such  love  for  me. 

Let  but  His  blessing  crown  my  store, 
I  need  not  look  to  chance  for  more, 
Or  let  Him  take  my  wealth  away, 
I  yet  will  trust  Him  tho'  He  slay. 

I  ask  but  to  be  made  His  own, 
I  tremble  at  His  wrath  alone  ; 
If  I  have  grace  His  will  to  do, 
I  must  be  safe  and  happy  too. 

ART  OF  HAPPINESS. 
A  good  temper  and  a  cheerful  disposition  are  the  prin- 
cipal ingredients  of  happiness.  Almost  every  object  has 
its  bright  and  its  dark  side.  He  that  habitually  looks 
upon  the  unpleasant  side  will  sour  his  temper  and  impair 
his  happiness.  On  the  contrary,  he  that  looks  upon  the 
side  which  is  bright  and  pleasing  will  improve  his  temper, 
increase  his  happiness,  and  become  a  channel  of  commu- 
nication by  which  the  cheerfulness  and  enjoyment  of  all 
those  around  him  will  be  enhanced. 

Words  of  Two  Sf/Uahles,  Accented  on  the  First 
In  this  and  the   following  lists  of  words,  tion^  cion  and 
.s?"on  are  pronounced  as  if  written  "  i^hun  : '' 


ac  tion 
die  tion 
ces  sion 
fac  tion 
fie  tion 
fu'  sion 
June  tion 
lo  tion 
man  sion 


men  tion 
cau  tion.. 
mis  sion 
na  tion 
no  tion 
pas  sion 
pen  sion 
por  tion 
mo  tion 


po  tion 
see  tion 
sta  tion 
sue  tion 
ten  tion 
tor  tion 
op  tion 
frae  tion 
func  tion 


mix  tion 
fiie  tion 
stric  tion 
sane  tion 
spon  sion 
aue  tion 
ses  sion 
flue  tion 
vis  ion 


110  .     THE  CONFEDERATE 

.    I — ■   ■  tm ,— — —^ — - 

-     LESSON  LXXXVI. 

DEPARTED    FRIENDS. 

Friend  after  friend  departs  ; 

Who  has  not  lost  a  friend  ?  * 

There  is  no  union  here  of  heaits,- 

That  finds  not  here  an  end, 
Were  this  frail  world  our  final  rest, 
Living  or  dying,  none  were  blest. 

Beyond  the  flight  of  time. 

Beyond  the  reign  of  death, 
There  surely  is  some  blessed  clime. 

Where  life  is  not  a  breath — 
Nor  life's  affections  transient  fire, 
Whose  sparks  fly  upward  and  expire. 

There  is  a  world  above, 

Where  parting  is  unknown ; 
A  long  eternity  of  love, 

Formed  for"  the  good  alone  ; 
And  faith  beholds  the  dying  here, 
Translated  to  that  glorious  sphere. 

Thus  star  by  star  declines. 

Till  all  are  pass'd  away, 
A  morning  high  and  higher  shines. 

To  pure  and  perfect  day  ; 
Nor  sink  those  stars  in  empty  night, 
But  hide  themselves  in.  heaven's  own  light. 

Words  of  Three  Syllahles^  Accented  on  ^  the  Second. 
Their  terminations  are  pronounced  as  if  written  SHUN 
(yr  ZHUN. 

ab  rasion  al  lii  sion  in  spec  tion 

ac  ces  sion  co  he  sion  con  cep  tion 

ab  lu  tion  col  la  tion  cor  rup  tion 

ad  di  tion  fru  i  tion  de  struc  tjpn 

ad  die  tion  ig  ni  tion  in  struc  tion 

af  flic  tion  il  lu  sion  pro  fu  sion 

af  fa  sion  in  fu  sion  pro  pul  sion 


SfELLtN^    BOOK:.. 


Ill 


in  fee  tion 
in  flic  tion 
im  mer  sion 
in  jec  tion 
in  June  tion 
in  tru  sion 
in  va  sion 
oc  ca  sion 
ob  la  tion 
at  ten  tion 
con  ten  tion 
sal  va  tion 
pro  vis  ion 
re  vis  sion 
in  cis  ion 
in  va  sion 
per  va  sion 
per  sua  sion 
prQ  Ven  tion 
con  ten  tion 
ere  a  tion 
pri  va  tion 
vo  ca  tion 
ro  ga  tion 
suf  fu  sion 
sue  ces  sion 
sus  pen  sion 

LESSON  LXXXVir. 

ANECDOTES. 

BECLOUDS D. 

A  sprightly  gentleman,  whose  name  was  Fowler y  married 
a  Miss  Cloud.  A  friend,  congratulating  him  on  the  occa- 
sion, expressed  the  hope  that,  though  he  had  for  several 
months  been  quite  '^  beclouded,"  he  would  now  have 
bright  sunbhine  before  him  the  rest  of  his  days.  Another 
friend  replied  :  "  That  is  hoping  against  hope ;  for  the  well 
known  adage  is,  ^  When  clouds  turn,  ^/owlcr/  look  out 
for  squalls.' " 


cog  ni  tion 
de  cis  ion 
di  vis  ion 
de  tru  sion 
col  lis  ion 
com  mis  sion 
com  mo  tion 
con  di  tion 
CO  ac  tion 
CO  emp  tion 
com  pie  tion 
com  pul  sion 
com  pres  sion 
de  vo  tion 
dis  plo  sion 
dis  cus  sion 
de  lu  sion 
af  fee  tion 
e  lee  tion 
as  cen  sion 
as  per  sion 
at  ten  tion 
dis  per  sion 
con  cis  ion 
CO  er  cion 
ad  he  sion 
dis  mis  sion 


re  vul  sion 
sub  ver  sion 
sub  mer  sion 
re  ver  sion 
pre  emp  tion 
re  demp  tion 
se  ces  sion 
con  fes  sion 
cor  rec  tion 
e  vie  tion 
e  mis  sion 
re  mis  sion 
per  mis  sion 
pro  due  tion 
pre  die  tion 
col  lee  tion 
con  fee  tion 
in  fee  tion 
in  spec  tion 
pre  lee  tion 
m  ven  tion 
sus  pi  cion 
im  mis  sion 
in  cis  ion 
di  vis  ion 
de  flee  tion 
du  ra  tion 


112  THE  CONFEDERATE 

LAUGHING. 

A  gentleman  walkino;  along  the  street  saw  another  person 
look  that  way  and  laugh.  Feeling  indignant,  he,  with 
much  warmth,  enquired :  "  Why  do  you  laugh  as  I  pass 
by  ?  "  The  other  promptly  retorted  :  "  Why  do  you  pass 
by  as  I  laugh  1 "  _ 

The  tei^minations  TIAN  anclTiONyin  the  following  words ^ 

are  pronounced  as  if  written  CHUN : 
chris  tian  '  ad  us  tion  con  ges  tion 

fas  tian  di  ges  tion  ad  mix  tion 

bas  tion  com  bus  tion         ex  haus  tion 

mix  tion  ex  us  tion  sug  ges  tion 

ques  tion  in  ges  tion  in  di  ges  tion 

llie  terminations  in  the  Jolloiving  words  are  pronounced 

like  ZHUN : 

di  vis  ion  pro  vis  ion  in  cis  ion 

pre  cis  ion  e  lis  ion  de  ris  ion 

de  cis  ion  col  lis  ion        »       ab  scis  ion 

re  vis  ion  re  scis  ion  con  cis  ion 

ex  cis  ion  mis  pris  ion  pre  vis  ion 

In  spelling  the  following  ivords  ending  in  IC,  the  syllable 
AL  should  he  added  to  each  of  them,  aiwd  then  LY  to 
that:  GritiCj  critical,  critically : 


con  ic             clin  ic  ^ 

erit  ic 

cu  bic 

cyn  ic             log  ic 

eth  ic 

eth  nic 

clas  sic           cans  tic 

cen  trie 

com  ic 

lyr  ic              mys  tic 

mu  sic 

mag  ic 

skep  tic         op  tic 

pht^ds  ic 

spher  ic 

Stat  ic             sto  ic 

styp  tic 

top  ic 

rus  tic            graph  ic 

typ  ic 

trag  ic 

Words  of  Three  Syllables 

in  TION 

,  Accented  on    the 

JSecond. 

sub  trac  tion         re  jec  tion 

re  ten  tion 

dis  trac  tion          sub  jec 

tion 

ex  ten  sion 

se  lee  tion             se  lee  tion 

ex  pul  sion 

^is  sec  tion           re  gres  i 

sion 

ex  pan  sion 

SPELLING  BOOK. 


118 


ci  ta  tion 
vi  bra  tion 
stag  na  tion 
gra  da  tion 
dam  na  tion 
pros  tra  tion 
pul  sa  tion 
mi  gra  tion 
li  ba  tion 
pro  ba  tion 
ces  sa  tion 
plan  ta  tion 
po  ta  tion 
so  lu  tion 
o  va  tion 
lu  na  tion 
lux  a  tion 


di  gres  sion 
gy  ra  tion 
pol  lu  tion 
de  mis  sion 
de  ser  tion 
con  ver  s'ion 
con  vie  tion 
cor  rep  tion 
de  due  tion 
dis  cur  sion 
de  tee  tion 
pro  tee  lion 
pre  ten  sion 
pri  va  tion 
ex  cus  sion 
ex  trac  tion 
ex  plo  sion 


ex  er  tion 
can  sa  tion 
ear  na  tion 
per  sua  sion 
in  tru  sion 
ro  ta  tion 
sen  sa  tion 
djs  mis  sion 
e  mul  sion 
an  tla  tion 
cor  ro  sion 
tax  a  tion 
quo  ta  tion 
vex  a  tion 
sa  na  tion 
re  fune  tion 
ex  ere  tion 


LESSON  LXXXVIIL 


THE    WASP   AND    THE    BEE. 

A  wasp  met  a  bee  that  was  just  buzzing  by, 
And  he  said :  little  cousin,  can  you  tell  me  why 
You  are  loved  so  much  better  by  people  than  I  ? 

My  back  shines  as  bright  and  as  yellow  as  gold, 
And  my  shape  is  most  elegant,  too,  to  behold ; 
Yet  no  body  likes  me  for  that,  I  am  told. 

"Ah,  friend,"  said  the  bee,  "that  is  all  very  true, 

But  were  I  half  as  much  mischief  to  do, 

Then  people  would  love  me  no  better  than- you. 

"  You  have  a  lino  shape,  and  a  delicate  wing. 

You  are  perfectly  handsome,  but  then  there's  one  thing 

They  can  never  put  up  with,  and  that  is  your. sting. 

**  My  coat  is  quite  homely  and  plain,  as  you  see, 
Yet  no  body  ever  is  angry  with  n)e, 
Because  I'm  a  useful  and  innocent  bee." 

From  this  little  lesson  let  people  beware  ; 
For  if,  like  the  wasp,  they  ill-natured  are. 
They  will  never  be  loved,  tho'  they're  ever  so  fair. 


114 


THE   CONFEDERATE 


111  the  following  lists  of  words,  c^,  a,  ^^and  si  have 
the  sound  of  SH  : 

Wo7'd^  of  Two  Syllables^  Accented  on  the  First. 


vi  tiate  so  cial 

pre  cious  gen  tian 

par  tial  Gre  cian 

^     an  cient  can  tious 

ques  tion  vi  cious 

cap  tious  spe  cial 

mar  tial  nuo  tial 

spe  cies  pa  tient 

fie  tious  quo  tient 

Words  of  Three  SyllaUes^  Accented  on  the  Second. 
as  so  ciate  an  nuu  ciate  in  gra  tiate 

dis  so  ciate  no  vi  tiate  in  sa  tiate 

ne  go  tiate  e  ma  ciate  sub  stan  tiate 

ex  cru  ciate  con  so  ciate  of  fi  ciate 

Words  of  Three  Syllables^  ending  in  TIOUS  and  CIOUS, 
Accented  on  the  Second. 


gra  cious 
con  science 
spa  cious 
fac  tious 
lus  cious 
spe  cious 
ter  tian 
frac  tious 
con  scions 


H  tro  cious 
au  da  cious 
fal  la  cious 
pre  CO  cious 
sa  ga  cious 
fe  ro  cious 
te  na  cious 
vex  a  tious 
crus  ta  cious 
in  fee  tious 
sen  ten  tious 


am  bi  tious 
aus  pi  cious 
nu  tri  tious 
fla  gi  tious 
ma  li  cious 
-  pro  pi  tious 
ca  pa  cious 
fa  ce  tious 
lo  qua  cious 
ra  pa  cious 
ve  ra  cious 


se  qua  cious 
vi  va  cious 
vo  ra  cious 
con  ten  tious 
li  cen  tious 
in  can  tious 
de  li  cious 
of  fi  cious 
sus  pi  cious 
per  ni  cious 
se  di"  tious 


LESSON  LXXXIX. 

THAT  LAZY  BOY  I 


1.  That  lazy  lad  !  and  what's  his  name  ? 
I  would  not  like  tp  tell ; 
But  don't  you  think  it  is  a  shame 
That  he  can't  read  or  spell? 


SPELLING  BOOK.  115 


2.  He'd  rather  swing  upon  a  gate, 

Or  paddle  iu  a  brook, 
Than  take  his  pencil  and  his  siatc^ 
Or  try  to  read  his  book. 

3.  There,  see  I  he's  lounging  down  the  street, 

His  hat  without  a  rim  ; 
He'd  rather  drag  than  lift  his  feet — 
His  face  unwashed  and  grim. 

4.  He's  lolling  now  against  a  post, 

But  if  you've  seen  him  once, 
You'll  know  the  lad  among  a  host. 
For  what  he  is — a  dunce. 

f).  Don't  ask  me  what's  the  urchin's  name, 
I  do  not  choose  to  tell ; 
But  this  you'll  know — it  is  the  same 

As  his  who  does  not  blush  for  shame, 
That  he  don't  read  or  spell! 

"I'll  lefyou  down  easy  this  time,"  as  the  horse  said 
when  he  upset  his  master  in  the  deep  bog. 

"  If  you  beat  me  I'll  eall  out  the  soldiery,"  said  the 
drum. 

*'  This  is  the  day  w^e  celebrate,"  said  the  fat  turkies  to 
each  other,  on  a  bright  Christmas  morning. 

Words  of  Four  Syllables^  Accented  on  the  Third, 

cal  e  fac  tion         irn  pli  ca  tioii  en  er  va  tion 

bal  ne  a  tion         sup  pli  ca  tion  cm  u  la  tion 

cal  ci  na  tion         rep  li  ca  tion  am  pu  ta  tion 

cap  i  ta  tion  vac  il  la  tion  ap  pli  ca  tion 

cir  cum  cis  ion      mac  er  a  tion  an  i  ma  tion 

cir  cum  spec  tion  sal  i  va  tion  nav  i  ga  tion 

cog  i  ta  tion        .  nav  i  ga  tion  ob  li  ga  tion 

col  li  qua  tion       pec  u  la  tion  cor  ru  ga  tion 

com  hi  na  tion      rad  i  ca  tion  im  pre  ca  tion 

com  men  da  tion  prov  o  ca  tion  im  pu  ta  tion 
com  mu  ta  tion     stim  u  la  tion     *  ju  di  ca  tion 

com  pen  sa  tfon    stip  u  la  tion  al  lo  cu  tion  ^ 


116 


THE   CONFEDERATE 


rev  e  la  tioii 
el  o  cu  tion 
el  e  va  tion 
em  bar  ca  tion 
ex  til  la  tion 
ex  su  da  tion 
ex  ul  ta  tion 
fab  ri  ca  tion 
fee  un  da  tion 
fer  men  ta  tion 
fil  i  a  tion 
em  u  la  tion 
ed  u  ca  tion 
eb  ul  li  tion 
ex  €1  ta  tion 
flag  el  la  tion 
flue  tua  tion 
bi  fur  ca  tion 
cu'rmu  la  tion 
cir  cu  la  tion 
ded  i  ca  tion 
del  e  ga  tion 
e  Ion  ga  tion 

LESSON  XO. 

SAYINGS. 

Dr.  South  says  the  author  of  a  malevolent  slander,  and 
the  person  who  listens  to  it,  are  equally  guilty,  and  should 
both  be  hung;  but  with  this  difference — the  one  by  the 
tongue,  the  other  by  the  ear. 

No  one  can  say,  I  will  sin  just  so  far  and  no  farther. 
Sin  is  like  a  snow  ball  rolling  down  a  hill — small  at  first, 
but  increasing  as  it  goes,  till  it  becomes  an  overwhelming 
mountain. 

Punch  says  that  "•  Time  is  money ; "  but  it  does  not 
follow  that  a  man  is  a  very  heavy  capitalist  who  has  a 
great  deal  of  it  on  hand. 


con  ca  va  tion 
con  clam  a  tion 
con  for  ma  tion 
con  glo  ba  tion 
con  tra  ven  tion 
con  ver  sa  tion 
con  vo  lu  tion 
con  vo  ca  tion 
cor  o  na  tion 
cor  rus  ca  tion 
dec  la  ra  tion 
•dec  la  ma  tion 
dec  o  ra  tion 
ded  i  ca  tion 
dem  on  stra  tion 
dep  o  si  tion 
der  i  va  tion 
des  ti  tu  tion 
dis  qui  si  tion 
dis  ser  ta  tion 
dis  si  pa  tion 
dom  i  na  tion 
da  pli  ca  tion 


com  men  da  tion 
con  se  era  tion 
cor  o  na  tion 
ex  pe  di  tion 
com  pe  ti  tion 
con  firm  a  tion 
com  pli  ca  tion 
dem  o  li  tion 
des  \^  na  tion 
ag  i  ta  tion 
lam  en  ta  tion 
mac  u  la  tion 
lac  er  a  tion 
mas  ti  ca  tion_ 
nav  i  ga  tion 
prop  a  ga  tion 
com  pu  ta  tion 
con  cen  tra  tion 
con  ster  na  tion 
ad  ju  ra  tion 
ad  ju  va  tion 
in  flam  ma  tion 


^    SPELLING  BOOK.  ^     117 

The  worst  of  all  feuds,  collisions  and  heart  burnings  are 
those  which  pertain  to  the  domcBtic  circle.  Those  who 
value  peace,  comfort  aud  enjoyment  should  avoid  them  as 
they  would  death.  As  a  preventive,  Jioneij  is  the  best 
prescription.      Vinegar  is  dead  I j/. 

Words  of  Four  k^yllahlcs^  ending  in  tion^  Accented  on 

the  Third, 

ac  cep  ta  tiou  ab  so  lu  tion  ex  plo  ra  tion 

ad  ap  ta  tion  af  fir  ma  tiou,  ex  tij;  pa  tion 

ac  cla  ma  tion  an  no  ta  tion  ex  ul  ta  tion 

ac  cu  ba  tion  ag  gra  va  tion  ex  pli  ca  tion 

a  cer  va  tion  em  en  da  tion  ex  po  si  tion 

am  bu  la  tion  in  car  na  tion  ex  cla  ma  tion 

am  pu  ta  tion  en  er  va  tion  ex  an  tla  tion 

am  mu  ni  tion  ex  pi  ra  tion  ex  ce  la  tion 

an  i  ma  tion  ex  cla  ma  tion  ex  hi  bi  tion 

an  nex  a  tion  ev  o  la  tion  ex  hor  ta  tion 

ap  pa  ri  tion  em  u  la  tion  ex  su  cla  tion 

ap  pel  la  tion  ev  o  lu  tion  im  mo  la  tion 

ap  pe  ti  tion  ev  o  mi  tion  im  per  fee  tion 

ap  pli  ca  tioi'i  ex  al  ta  tion  im  pli  ca  tion 

ap  po  si  tion  ex  e  era  tion  im  por  ta  tion 

ap  pre  hen  sion  ex  pe  di  tion  im  po  si  tion 

ap  pro  ba  tion  ex  pla  na  tion  im  pre  ca  tion 

ab  ju  ra  tion      *  ex  por  ta  tion  im  preg  na  tion 

ab  ne  ga  tion  ex  po  si  tion  in  can  ta  tion 

ab  o  li  tion  ex  pur  ga  tion  in  car  na  tion 

LESSON   XCI. 
A   CONTRAST. 

Some  murmur  when  their  sky  is  clear, 

And  wholly  bright  to  view. 
If  one  small  speck  of  dark  appear 

In  their  great  heaven  of  blue ; 
And  ftome  with  thankful  love  arc  filled, 

If  but  one  streak  of  light, 
One  ray  of  God's  good  mercy,  gild 

The  darkness  of  their  night. 


118 


THE   CONFEDERATE 


In  palaces  are  hearts  that  ask, 

In  discontent  and  pride, 
Why  life  is  such  a  dreary  task, 

And  all  good  things  denied ; 
And  hearts  in  poorest  huts  admire 

How  love  has,  in  their  aid, 
w(Love  that  not  even  seems  to  tire,)        • 

Such  rich  provision  made. —  Trench. 

In  (lie  following  words  ^^sion  "  are  pronounced  ZHUN, 
-  ,    and  "  sia ''  like  zha  : 


af  fu  sion 
ad  he  sion 
ef  fu  sion 
a  bra  sion 
dif  fu  sion 
oc  ca  sion 
con  fu  sion 
in  tru  sion 
ob  tru  sion 
per  sua  sion" 
am  bro  sia 
col  lu  sion 


CO  he  sion 
e  va  sion 
€x  plo  sion 
col  lu  sion 
e  lu  sion 
con  clu  sion 
il  lu  sion 
in  va  sion 
dis  sua  sion 
de  tru  sion 
am  bro  sial 
dif  fu  sion 

A  FABLE. 


de  lu  sion 
e  ro  sion 
pro  fu  sion 
dis  plo  sion 
per  va  sion 
cor  ro  sion 
in  va  sion 
suf  fu  sion 
e  ro  sion 
pro  tru  sion 
se  clu  sion 
ex  cln  sion 


THE  OWL   AND  THE    EAGLE. 

An  owl  that  had  often  heard  of  the  keenness  and 
strength  of  the  eagle's  eye  sight,  bantered  that  lord  of  the 
feathered  tribes  to  swap  eyes  with  her,  .'^Mine,''  said 
she,  '^  are  larger  than  yours,  and  they  are  better  also,  for 
you  can  see  with  them  in  the  night." 

*^  I  decline  the  trade,"  said  the  eagle.  ,"  Your  nature 
leads  you  to  seek  your  prey  in  the  night ;  mine,  in  the 
clear  sunshine.  A  change  of  eyes  would  impel  to  a 
change  both  of  n5,ture  and  of  occupation;  and  that 
might  prove  fatal  to  us  both." 

MORAL. 

Discontent  and  a  restless  anxiety  for  change  of  condition 
or  occupation,  are  the  enemies  both  of  enjoyment  and  life. 


SPELLING    BOOK.  119 

CONUNDRU^f. 

, Why  was  Frederick,  when  leaving  home  on  a  journey 
for  the  recovery  of  his  health,  like  a  man  who  had  fallen 
from  a  tree,  and'was  determined  to  go  up  again  ?  Becanse 
he  was  going  to  try  another  clhnc. 

Prentice  says :    "  It   is    bad    husbandry  when   a    man 
harrows  up  his  wife's  feelings/' 

LESSON  XCII. 

THE  ROBIN. 

PURE    C  0  L  D   AY  A  T  E  R . 

T  asked  a  sweet  robin,  one  morning  in  May, 

Who  sang  in  the  apple  tree  over  the  way, 

What  'twas  she  was  singing  so  sweetly  about. 

For  I'd  tried  a  long  time,  but  could  not  find  out ; 

"  Why  I'm,"  she  replied.  "  you  cannot  guess  wrong, 

Don't  you  know  I'm  singing  a  temperance  song  ?  " 

"  Teetotal." — 0,  that's  the  first  word  of  the  lay, 

And  then  don't  you  see  how  I  twitter  about ; 
'Tis  because  I've  just  dipped  my  beak  in  the  spring, 
And  brushed  the  fair  face  of  the  lake  with  my  wing  ; 
•'  Cold  water,  cold  water,"  yes,  that  is  my  song. 
And  I  love  to  keep  singing  it  all  the  day  long. 

And  now,  my  sweet  Miss,  won't  you  give  me  a  crunib. 
For  the  dear  little  nestlings  are  waiting  at  home  ? 
And  one  thing  besides,  since  my  story  you've  he?rd, 
.  I  hope  you'll  remember  "  the  lay  of  the  bird  ;  " 
And  never  forget  while  you  list  to  my  song,     v 
All  the  birds  to  the  cold  Vater  army  belong." 

Hood's  ifelodiee. 

In  the  following  words  of  two  syllables,  accented 
on  the  first,  the  n  of  the  last  syllable  has  the  sound 
of  yu^  or  is  preceded  by  the  sound  of  y : 

na  ture  mix  ture  pic  ture  sculp  ture 

tor  ture  fea  ture  pos  ture  Scrip  ture 

su  ture  cap  ture  Ice  ture  rup  ture 

stricture  texture  jointure  puncture 

nur  ture  stat  ure  ves  ture  mois  ture 

rap  ture  struc  ture  tine  ture  June  ture 


\ 


120 


THE   CONFEDERATE 


G  and  k  are  always  silent  before  ?i.     The  followijig 
words  illustrate  that  fact : 


gnarl 

gnash 

gnar 

gnat 

gnaw 

knob 

knock 

knap 

knave 

knur 

knead 

knee 


kneel 

know 

knew 

knife 

knight 

knit 

knob 

knock 

knoll 

knot 

knout 

knurl 


gno  mon 
gnos  tics 
knap  sack 
knap  weed 
knock  er 
knock  ing 
knot  ty 
knot  grass 
knot  less 
know  ing 
know  er 
knowl  edge 


knit  ting 
knight  hood 
knav  ish 
knuc  kle 
knot  ted 
kna  ver  y 
kna  vish  ly 
knight  errant 
knot  ti  ly 
knot  ti  ness 
know  ing  ly 
know  a  ble 


LESSON  XCIII. 

BIRDS. 

A  light  broke  in  upon  my  soul — 

It  was  the  carol  of  a  biiM  ; 
It  ceased  and  then  it  came  again, 

The  sweetest  song  ear  ever  heard. 

THE  HOOPOO. 

Children  arc  fond  of  birds.  I  wish  they  could  all  see 
the  one  I  am  about  to  describe.  But  it  is  not  found  in 
this  country.  The  hoopoo  is  quite  a  pretty  and  quite  an 
innocent  bird.  It  is  nearly  twelve  inches  long,  and  is 
about  the  size  of  a  pigeon.  Its  bill  is  long  and  slender, 
and  it  curves  gently  toward  its  breast.  It  is  of  a  red 
color  about  its  head  and  neck,  but  it  has  bars  of  white 
and  black  across  its  wings.  It  has  a  crest  of  feathers  on 
its  head,  which  fall  back  upon  its  neck ;  but  when  it 
becomes  excited,  they  rise  iji  the  form  of  a  half  circle 
above  its  head. 

Its  tail  consists  of  ten -feathers,  several  inches  long,  and 
they   are  so   arranged   that  when  it  is  closed  it  forms  a 
narrow  fan  in  shape  at  the  end  like  the  new  moon — the 
longest  feathers  being  at  the  edges. 
^    The  hoopoo  belongs  to  Europe,  but  it  goes   to  warmer 


ePKLLIKO  BOOK.  121 

cUraatea  in  the  winter.  It  never  makea  a  nest,  but  hides 
its  egpjs  in  holes  or  crevices  of  the  walls  of  houses  or 
other  buildings.  Take  it  all  together  it  i:;  a  rarp  bird,  and 
it  is  here  described  because  it  is  so  singular. 

111  the  following  words  ng'  are  heard,  sharp  and 
close,  in  both  syllables : 

clan  gor  an  g^r  an  gle 

dan  gle  an  gry  an  gler 

an  guish  con  go  din  gle 

fan  gle  din  gle  fun  gus 

fin  ger  hun  gry  *  in  gle 

hunger     .  jan  gler  *jan  gling 

jun  gle    ,  Ian  guid  Ian  guish 

jingle  longest  mango 

Ion  ger  min  gle  man  gler 

sin  gle  strong  est  young  est 

The  Rainbow  is  caused  by  the  sun's  rays  passing 
thrx)ugh  drops  of  water.  The  ra3's  are  thus  divided  into 
the  seven  diifereut  colors;  and  these,  meeting  the  eye  at 
a  certain  angle  as  they  are  thrown  off  from  the  countless 
drops  that  fall  during  a  shower,  form  that  beautiful,  many- 
colored  arch. 

LESSON  XCIY. 

MORNING  SONG  OF  GLADNESS. 

As  a  bird  in  meadow  fair, 

Or  in  lonely  forest  sings,  , 
Till  it  fills  the  summoi'  air, 
,  And  the  greenwood  sweetly  rings ;    • 

So  my  heart  to  Thee  would  raise, 
Oh  !   my  God,  its  soQg  of  praise, 
That  the  gloom  of  night  is  o'er. 
And  I  see  the  «un  once  more. 

If  thou,  Sun  of  Love,  arise, 

All  my  heart  with  joy  js  stirred. 

And  to  greet  Thee  upward  flies,- 
Gladsome  as  yon  litde  bird. 


122  ^U2  Qomm^t^A's^ 


Shine  thou  in  me  clear  and  bright, 
Till  I  leai'Q  to  praise  Thee  right ; 
Guide  me  in  the  narrow  wa}'^; 
"Let  nie  ne'er  in  darkness  stray. 

lly  Thy  spirit  strengthen  me, 
In  the  faith  that  leads  to  Thee, 
Then  an  heir  of  liie  on  high. 
Fearless  I  may  live  and  die. 

G  is  silent  in  the  foUowino:  words  : 


sign 

re  sign            de  sign            im  pregn 

as  sign 

con  dign         ma  lign          in  dign 

con  sign 

be  tiigri           im  pugn          en  sign 

Tlae  vowels  in  the  second  syllable  of  the*following 

words  are 

mute : 

ba  con 

bea  con                  bra  zen 

hid  den 

bid  den                  box  en 

black  en 

'boun  den               but  ton 

bat  ten 

beech  en                 ba  sin 

bla  zon 

beat  en                   bit  ten 

cho  sen 

beck  on                  clo  ven 

Words  of  two  syllables,  in  which  (h  have  the  soft 

or  vocal  sound  : 

fath  er 

breth  ren     .  lath  er            with  er 

feath  er 

whith  er         faV  thing        heath  en 

fath  om 

cloth  ier         ei  ther            South  ern 

gath  er 

North  ern      nei  ther          un  wreathe 

lath  er    . 

broth  er    *     thith  er          be  neath 

ppth  er 

moth  er          leath  er          be  queath 

broth  el 

wor  thj          oth  er             weath  er 

LESSON  XCY. 

THE  LAW  AND  THE  GOSPEL. 

There  is  a  God  who  reigns  above, 
Lord  of  heaven,  nud  earth,  and  seas; 

I  fear  his  wrath,  I  ask  his  love, 

And  with  my  lips  I  sing  his  praise. 


Bmumm  moK^  •  123 


-'.cx^w  ij;rMe-w^'-i!>'ga&*m  v»s.x*j5g«iTwawgo 


•Thore  is' a  lawwliuili  ile  hafi  writ, 

To  teach  iis  all  that  we  must  do  ; 
My  soul  to  ilis  commands  submit, 

For  they  are  hol}^,  just  find  true.    . 

There  is  a  gospel  of*  rich  orace, 
•  Whence  sinners  all  t.lieir  comforts  draw; 

Lord,  I  repent  and  seek  Thy  face, 
For  I  have  often  broke  Thy  law. 

There  is  nn  hour  v»'hen  I  must  die, 
Nor  do  I  know  how  soon  'twill  come* 

A  thousand  children,  young  as  I, 
Arc  called  to  their  eternj^l  home. 

Let  me  improve  the  hours  I  have, 

Before  the  day  of  grace  is  fled; 
For  there's  no  repentance  in  the  grave, 

Nor  pardom offered  to  the  dead. 

SOUllCE  OP.  COLORS. 

The  lovely  colors,  light  and  shade, 

Of  every  varied  hue, 
All  these  our  heavenly  Father  made. 

All  praise  to  II im  is  due. 

A  colorless  world,  what'  would  it  be  !  Light  is  the 
source  of  all  color.  Had  light  been  made  different  from 
what  it  is,  there  would  either  have  been  no  color,  or  the 
colors  would  have  been  different  from  those  which  we 
now  see. 

Were  there  no  light,  perfect  blackness  would  cover  the 
whole  face  of  nature.  Light,  as  it  comes  to  us  from 
the  sun,  is  irliitc.  But  when  divided,  it  iS"  found  to  consist 
of  seven  different  colors.  These  are  called  red,  orange, 
yellow,  green,  blue,  indigo,  violet. 

Now,  the  reason  why  bodies  have  so  many  different 
appearances  as  regards  color  is  this  :  I^odies  that  absorb' 
all  the  light  which  falls  on  them  are  Uach,  just  as  all  the 
world  would  be  if  there  were  no  light.  Others  that  reflect 
all  the  rays  are  wlu'tc.  They  do  not  divide  the  light  at  all. 
The  black  bodies   swallow  it  whole;  the  white  ones  throw 


124  tJIB  CONriCDfiSATE 


it  back  whole.  The  light  comes  to  our  eyes  from  them 
just  as  it  was  before  it  fell  upon  them.  That  is  the  reason 
why  they  appear  white.  All  other  bodies  divide  thelight^ 
absorb  most  of  the  ra}"s,  but  throw  back  some  of  them. 
The  body  that  appears  red  throws  off  the  red  rays.  The 
blue  body  throws  back  the  blue  ruys.  And  so  of  al[  the 
rest.  By  this  simple,  and  yet  wonderful  process,  all  the 
different  colors  are  produced !  Truly  God's  ways  of  doing 
things  are  calculrUed  to  fill  us  with  wonder  and  delight. 
Try  now  wbether,  when  you  look  at  different  objects,  you 
can  tell  whtt  each  one  does  with  the  light  that  falls  upon  ■ 
it.  Remember  that  each  body  appears  to  be  of  the  same 
color  with  the  light  it  reflects. 

LESSON    XCVI. 

TPIE  RAINBOW. 

Far  up  the  blue  sky  a  fair  rainbow  unrolled 

Its  soft-tinted  pinions  of  purple  and  gold ; 

'Twas  born  in  a  moment,  yet  quick  at  its  birth,  * 

It  had  stretched  to  the  uttermost  ends  of  the  earth; 

And  fair  as  an  angel,  it  floated  as  free, 

With  a  wing  on  the  earth  and  a  wing  on  the  sea. 

/in  the  beginning  of  a  sjdlable,  in  the  following 
words,  has  the  souqcI  of  the  consonant  y  ;  bill-ion  is 
pronounced  as  if  written  hiU-yon^  and  so  in  all  the  • 
other  words : 

Sav  iour  min  ion  brill  iant  dis  nn  ion 

court  ier  pin  ion  bat  tal  ion  p>e  cul  iar 

pav  ior  trillion  pavilion  behavior     - 

jun  ion  pon  iard  fa  mil  iar  ci  vil  ian 

cloth  ier  val  iant  ver  mil  ion  se  ragl  io 

sen  ior  on  ion  com  raun  ion  al  ien  ate 

bill  ion  bill  iards  mo  dill  ion  val  iant  \j 

coll  ier  scull  ion  com  pan  ion  bil  ia  ry 

fil  ial  runn  ion  o  pin  ion  brill  ian  cy 

mill  ion  trunn  ion  re  bell  ion  val  iant  ness 


SPELLING   BOOK.  125 


ANECDOTES. 

THE     SCOTCHMEN 


Two  elderly  Scotchmen,  full  of  dry  liuiiior,  were  spending 
an  evpning .  together.  One  of  them  complained  of  a 
ringing  in  his  head.  The  other  promptly  and  earnestly 
enquired.-  ''Do  you  know  why  it  rings?"  "No/'  said 
his  afHictcd  companion,  ''I  do  not."  "Then,"  said  he, 
"  t  will  tell  you  ;  it  is  because  it  is  f.mpf>/  t  " 

"And  do  you  never  have  a  ringing  in  your  head," 
enquired  "empty"  head  of  the  other.  "No,  never,'' 
said  he.  "And  do  j^ou  know  why  that  uV  "No," 
said  he.  "Well,  then,  I  will  tell  you,"  said  the  other. 
"  It  is  because  it  is  cracl-cd  !" 

Cleopatra's  decoction  of  diamonds,  as  a  rare  dish,  was:} 
fairly  exceeded  in  originality'  and  neatness  of  conception 
by  the  English  sailor,  wJio  placed  a  ten  pound  note  between 
two  slices  of  bread  and  butter,  and  made  his  black-eyed 
Susan  eat  it  as  a  sandwieh. 

LESSON    XCVII. 

THE  SLOTHFUL. 

As  vinegar  to  the  teeth,  and  ns  smoke  to  the  eyes,  so  is 
the  sluggard  to  them  that  send  him. 

Ef>aminondas,  the  Theban  General,  having  found  a 
sentinel  asleep  at  his  post,  thrust  him  thro'  with  his  sword 
and  left  him  dead  I  AVheu  others  cast  up  that  act  to  him 
as  a  feproach,  he  replied :  "  i  Ir/t  him  an  I  found  him  !  " 
IHs  meaning  was  that  idlers,  drones  and  sluggards  .ire  at 
once  drad^  to  all  the  ends  of  their  being,  and  us  useless  to 
the  world  as  dead  people  are. 

Man  was  made  for  activity  and  enterprise.  Our  first 
parents  were  placed  in  a  magnificent  garden — an  inviting 
field  of  action — and  they  were  required  to  ^' dress  it  and 
hep  it."  Alas  I  that  any  of  their  descendants  should  ever 
become*  "creation's  blank,  creation's  blot." 

Would  wo  fill  our  stations  aright,  we  must  be  at  once 
good,  active  and  vseftd, 


126 


THE   CONFEDERATE 


In  this  list  of  words  c,  s  and  t  have  the  sound  of 
sk  when  followed  by  i  oi  u:  ra-ti-o,  ra-she-o: 


cen.  sure 
fis  sure 
is  sue 
pres  sure 
spa  eies 

in  su  lar 
con  su  lar 
sen  su  al 
as  su  ranee 
li  cen  ti  ate 
pro  pi  ti  ate 
e.  maci  ate 
vi  ti  a  tion 
ap  pre  ci  ate 


ton  sure  pre  science  pre  sci  ent 

tis  sue  spa  ci  ate  pre  sci  ous 

as  sure  sa.ti  ate  gra  ci  afe 

en  sure  ra  ti  o  gla  ci  al 

in  sure  gl^"  ci  ate  cas  si  a 

corn  men  su  rate  men  su  ra  tion 
con  so  ci  ate 
in  sa  ti  a  ble 


ii  du  ci  a  ry 
an  nun  ci  ate 
dis  so  ci  ate 
in  gra  ti  ate 
ne  go  ti  a  tor 


of  fi  ci  ate 
ex  pa  ti  ate 
ne  g^o  ti  ate 


e  nun  ci  ate 
as  so  ci  a  tion 
an  nun  ci  a  tion 


con  so  ci  a  tion 
e  nun  ci  a  tion 
pro  pi  ti  a  tion 

Kegard  every  day  of  your  life  as  a  page  of  your  histor3\ 
Be  careful,  therefore,  that  nothing  be  written  on  it  which, 
"at  last,  you  would  wish  to  have  blotted  out.  Once  entered, 
the  record  is  made  forever. 

LESSON  XCVIII. 

FRUITS. 

Fruits  stand  prominent  among  our  earthly  blessings. 
They  add,  at  once_,  to  substantial  living  and  grateful  enjoy- 
ment. They  come  early,  pour  forth  their  summer  abundance, 
and  not  a  i'evf  of  them  abide  with  us  tlirough  the  winter. 
What  warm  friends,  what  welcome  visitors  are  they  on  cold 
winter  evenings  ! 

The  only  wonder  is,  that  through  our  whole  Confederacy, 
they  have  not  been  multiplied  a  thousand  fold  i  Roll  on, 
blessed  dayj  when  they  shall  clusior  round  tlie  dwellings 
of  the  poor,  adorn  the  grounds  and  load  the  tables  of  all 
our  substantial  planters,  and  fii),  with  their  profusion  of 
luxuries  the  cellars  of  the  wealthy  and  the  greut,  of  what- 
BTer  profesgion  or  calling, 

Men  ftix  public  besefsf^tovf?  *-vhc»   introduce  into  eur 


SPELLING  -BOOK.  127 

^ .. — ~  ^■■:-;-ijX:.  ,    ^,. — *— 

country  fine  varieties,  and  supply  tlicir  fellow-citizens  with 
grafted  vines  and  trees  of  the  most  approved  qualities. 

The  South  is  the  land  of  fruits  as  well  as  of  flowers. 
Taking  our  whole  Confederacy  together,  we  can  raise  more 
kinds  of  fruits,  and  most  of  them  better  ones,  than  can  be 
reared  i^n  the  States  farther  North. 

Trees  once  procured,  it  requires  but  little  labor  to  keep 
them  in  order.  No  yearly  planting  is  required  as  in  other 
crops.  All  the  attention  they  require  affords  but  a  delight- 
ful occupation  for  leisure  hours.  Fruits,  fruits  !  let 
them,  then,  be  everj'where  foujid,  everywhere  enjoyed. 

Words  of  Five  JStjUahles,  Accented  on  the  Third. 

circum  an  bi  ent  in  do  scri  ba  ble  sub  ter  ra  ne  ous 

circuni  locu  tion  aii  i  raal  i  iy  cir  cu  la  to  ry 

cir  cum  vo  lu  tion  in  car  nal  i  ty  in  ad  ver  tent  ly 

Op  por  tu  ni  ty  in  ex  cu  sa  ble  mis  eel  la  ne  ous 

importuni  ty  in  com  pat  i  ble  mi  cros  iJop  i  cal 

an  ni  ver  sa  ry  mag  is  te  ri  al  cos  mo  graph  i  cal 

im  me  mori  al  lit  er  a  ri  an  by  dro  stat  i  cal 

im  ma  te  ri  al  mat  ri  mo  ni  al  an  a  tOm  i  cal 

un  con  sre  ni  al  sen  a  to  ri  al  as  tro  nora  i  cal 

un  ad  vi  scd  1}^  min  is  te  ri  al  in  tro  due  to  ry 

det  ri  men  tal  13^  die  ta  to  ri  al  in  ter  ja  cen  cy 

dis  in  gen  u  ous  in  se  cu  ri  ty  sue  ce  da  ne  ous 

in  con  so  la  ble  in  de  struc  ti  ble  par  si  mo  ni  ous 

ir  respon  si  ble  in  tcl  lee  tu  al  pen  i  ten  tia  ry 

an  ti  mo  ni  al  in  ef  li  cicn  cy  per  son  al  i  ty 

in  ter  cal  a  ry  in.co  he  rent  ly  pop  u  lar  i  ty 

in  ac  ces  si  ble  par  lia  mcnt  a  ry  pos  si  bi-1  i  ty 

in  ad  ver  ten  cy  pat  ri  mo  ni  al  prob  a  bil  i  ty 

tes  ta  men  ta  ry  mcr  i  to  ri  ous  prod  i  gal  i  ty 

tel  e  graph  i  cal  si  mul  ta  11c  ous  in  si  pid  i  ty 

LESSON  XCIX. 

STAND  FOR   TUK   lUGnT. 

Be  firm,  be  bold,  be  strong,  be  true, 

And  dare  to  stand  alone  ; 
Strive  for  the  right,  whatc'er  ye  do, 

Xhoug^i  helpers  there  arc  none> 


128  THE  CONFEDEKATE 


Nay,  bend  not  to  tlie  swelling  surge 

Of  public  sneer  and  wrong ; 
^Twill  bear  tliec  on  to  ruin'n  verge, 

With  current  wild  and  strong. 

Stand  for  the  right!  tho'  falsehood  rail. 

And  proud  lips  coldly  sneer — 
A  poisoned  arrovf  cannot  wound 

A  conscience  pure  and  clear. 

Stand  for  the  right !  and  with  clean  hands 

Exalt  the  truth  on  high  ; 
Thou'lt  find  warm,  sy^mpathizi ng  hearts 

Among  the  passers-by. 

Stand  for  the  right!  proclaim  it  loud, 
.  Thou'lt  find  an  answering  tone 
In  honest  hearts,  and  thou'lt  no  more 
]3e  doomed  to  stand  alone. 

TOO  INQUISITIVE  ANT)  MISCHIEVOUS. 

A    F  ABLE. 

A  monkey "Tsaw  his  master  hide  something  in  his  garden. 
He  marked  the  place  with  his  eye,  and,  when  he  thought 
no  one  saw  him,  he  went  and  raked  away  the  covering  to 
see  what  had  been  so  carefully  concealed.  But  instead  of 
discovering  a  treasure,  suddenly  he  found  his  paw  caught 
in  a  trap,  by  which  he  was  maimed  for  the  rest  of  his  life. 

MORAL. 

Nes'^er  meddle  with  that  which  neither  belongs  to  you, 
rior  concerns  you. 

Words  of  Four  SijUahles^  Accented  on  tile  Second. 

a  bom  i  nate  im  per  feet  ly  mi  rac  u  Ions 

a  nat  o  my  per  fid  i  ous  im  per  ti  nent 

a  nal  o  goiis  fas  tid  i  ous  im  per  son  al 

a  non  y  mons  u  nan  i  mous  im  pla  ca  ble 

bar  bar  i  ty  nn  gen  er  ous  im  pos  si  ble 

be  nev  o  lent  as  par  a  gus  mu  nif  i  eent 

am  big  n  ous  pre  cip  it  ous  im  prov  i  dent 

pa  dav  er  ous  fira  pLib  i  ou,3  non  res  i  de^t 


SPELLING  BOOK. 


129 


ca  lum  ni  ate 
fruc  tif  er  ous 
im  mis  ci  bio 
ini  ped  i  ment 
impa  tient  ly 
im  pen  i  tent 
im  per  a  tivc 


m  gen  ii  ous 
in  con  gru  ous 
sig  nif  i  cant 
con  com  i  tant 
miig  nif  i  cent 
CO  in  ci  dent 
in  dem  ni  ty 

LESSON  C. 

MAN. 


be  nef  i  cent 
pre  dom  i  nant 
ex  trav  a  gant 
ha  bil  i  ment 
im  ped  i  ment 
im  pet  u  ous 


Scarce  less,  at  first,  -than  angels  made, 
And  then  for  him  that  ransom  paid  ! 
How  majestic,  god-like  and  grand, 
When  all  his  noblest  powers  expand ! 

ERECT  POSITION.  , 

It  is  the  gloi-y  of  man,  that  while  the  brute  creation  are 
prone — inclining  to  the  earth — his  Maker  gave  to  him  an 
erect  position  and  a  lofty  countenance.  Nor  is  the  "human 
face  divine  "  more  worthy  of  admiration  than  the  agile 
movements  of  the  human  I'mme,  when  its  symmetry  is 
complete  and  eveiy  muscler  plays  well  its  part. 

And  yet  where  can  we  look  upon  a  crowd  of  human 
beings,  without  heing  pained  at  beholding  the  curbed 
spines,  the  rounded  shoulders,  the  sunken  chests,  the  pro- 
jecting necks,  the  rigid  muscles,  and  the  awkward  and 
slovenly  movements  of  many  a  lord  or  lady  of  this  lower 
creation ! 

The  origin  of  most  of  these  deformities,  and  the  causes 
of  these  painful  sights,  arc  found  in  the  shameful  neglect 
of  p/(//.swV.-a/  traitiiiKj  in  our  family  circles  and  our  institu- 
tions of  learning. 

An  erect  position,  with  the  chest  expanded,  the  coun- 
tenance slightly  elevated,  and  the  weight  of  the  body  thus 
supported  at  ease  over  the  feet,  is  at  once  the  most  hcalth/v I 
as  well  as  the  most  du/nijied  and  graceful  that  can  be 
occupied.  Aiftl  yet,  with  a  little  attention  to  training,  in 
early  life,  how  easily  is  this^acquired  and  ri)tained ! 

It  should,  therefore,  bo  the  law  of  every  family  and  every 
school,  that  dMren  and  youth  itand  ercctj  iU  crect^  walh 


130  THE   CONFEDERATE 


erect,  and  that  every  motor  muscle  Ks  trained  to  easy  and  • 
graceful  movements.  How  different,  and  bow  vastly 
improved  «.  race  of  beings,  w(?nld  we^  soon  be  were  these 
simple  laws  of  nature  strictly  enforced!  Parents  and 
teachers  have  before  them,  in  this  department,  a  wide  field 
for  beneficent  effort. 

BOASTING. 

A  Kentuckian  once  boasted  that  he  could  dive  deeper, 
stay  down  longer,  and  come  up  tlrkr  than  any  other  man 
on  the  globe. 

LESSON   CI. 

I  N  N  0  C  ]^]  N  T    1'  LAY. 

Abroad  in  the  meadows  to  see  the  j-oung lambs 
Run  sporting  about  by  the  side  of  their  dams, 
With  ileeces  so  clean  and  so  whit^; 
Or  a  nest  of  young  doves,  in  a  large  opan  cage, 
AVhen  thty  play  all  in  love,  without  auger  or  .rage, 
How  mucli  may  we  learn  from  the  sight ! 

If  we  had  been  ductks,  we  might  dabble  in  mud  ; 

Or  dogs,  we  might^play  till  it  euded  in  bl^od, 

So  foul  and  so  iierce  aie  their  natures  ; 

But  Thomas  and  William,  and  such  pretty  names, 

Should  be  cleanly  and  harmless  as  doves  or  as  Iambs — 

Those  lovely,  sweet,  innocent  creatures. 

Not  a  thing  that  we  do,  not  a  word  that  we  say, 
Should  injure  another,  in  jesfing  or  play, 
For  he's  still  in  earnest  that's  hurt! 
How  rude  are  boys  that  throw  pebbles  and  mire  ! 
There's  none  but  a  madman  will  fling  about  tire, 
And  tell  you  "  'Tis  all  but  in  sport." 

THE  JJQG  AND  THE    SMADO^y. 

A     F  A  B  L  E  . 

A  dog,  with,  a  large  picoS  of  ilesh  in  his  month,  was 
crossing;  a  smooth  and  limpid  strc:i;n,.on  a  clear  sunny 
day.  His  shadow  was  so  strongly  depictod  on  the  stream, 
that  he  took  it  for  another  dog  equally  hiden  with  a  similar 
booty.  His  eager  desires  got  the  better  of  bis  judgment. 
-Letting  go  his  own,  he  plunged  at  the  meat  of  the  supposed 
other  dog!  He  grasped  but  -a  shadow  I  And,  in  the 
meautime,  his  own  valued  prize  had  sunk  to  the  bottom. 


SPELLING  BOOK.  181 


MORAL. 


Look   before  you  leap.     Never  let  go  the   substance  to 
grasp  at  shadows. 


A  wasted  morning-  makes  a  sad  and  dark  Evening. 

If  there  bo  no  sowing,  there  can  be  no  gathering ;  but 
if  no  gathering,  there  must  be  extreme  want  and  wretch- 
edness. 

Words  of  Five  Syllables^  Accented  on  the, Second. 

ac  ce})t  a  ble  ness  irii  me  di  nte  \y  in  cal  cu  la  ble 

ao  com  irio  da  ble  im  med  i  ca  ble  in  can  ta  to  ry 

iic  com  mo  date  Ij  il  lib  er  al  ly  men  da  ci  ous  ness 

accom  pa  nable   il  lini  it  a  ble  me  thod  i  cal  ly 

aecompani  ment  il  lit  er  a  cy  ju  rid  i  cal  ly 

<ic  ens  tom  a  ble     il  lit  er  ate  ness  nn  for  tu  nate  ly 

a  nath  c  ina  tize   im  portu  nate  ly  in  tol  er  a  bly 

a  potli  e  ca  ry       im  pen  e  tra  ble  in  or  di  nate  W 

ap  pre  ci  a  ble      imperiously  nn  an  swer  a  Die 

a  bol  isb  a  ble       im  peri  ous  ness  ir  reg  u  lar  ly 

a  bom  i  na  ble      im  perish  able  in  tem  per  ate  ly 

ab  stc  mi  ous  ness  im  prac  ti  ca  ble  in  sep  a  ra  bly 

fa  mil  i  ar  ize     ,   im  prov  i  dent  ly  pre  pos  ter  ous  ly 

fe  lo  ni  ous  ly  ,  in  ap  plica  ble  presumptuously 

im  mod  er  ate  ly    ina  lien  a  ble  con  sec  .u  tive  ly 

im  ag  in  a  ble       in  ap  pc  ten  cy  conspicuously 

LESSON  CII. 
FEAR   GOD. 

Kemember  now  thy  Creator  in  the  days  of  thy  youth, 
w])ile   the  evil  days  come  not,  nor  the  years  draw  nigh^* 
when  thou  shalt  pay  I  have  no  pleasure  in  them. 

Fear  God  :nid  keep  His  commandments,  for  this  is  the 
whole  duty  of  man. 

WILD  OATP. 

We  often  hear  it  said  of  dissipated  and  reckless  youth 
that  **  they  are  soxoing  their  icild  oaiSj  and  -when  they  get 


132 


THE   CONFEDERATE 


through  they  will  become  sober,  industrious,  and  valuable 
members  of  society."  But  when  will  they  ^^fjet  ihroui/h^" 
Ah  !  there  are  many  who  "  get  through''  very  soon  !  A 
candle  on  fire  at  both  ends  is  quickly  burnt  out.  But 
suppose  they  should  live  to  old  age,  what  have  they  profited 
by  their  past  course?  An  early  life  of  indolence,  dissi- 
pation and  crime  is  the  poorest  of  all  qualifications  for 
future  enjoyment  and  usefulness.  Besides,  it  is  a  fearful 
truth,  that 

The  seed  of  wild  oats  never  dies, 

Oue  growth  having  past  ten  otliers  arise. 

Each  crop  also  produces  its  own  peculiar  fruit;  and  so 
will  it  be  to  the  end.  For  '^whatsoever  a  man  soweth 
that  shall  he  also  reap."  And  thut,  too,  with  an  increase, 
often,  of  many  fold  !  For  ^'  they  that  sow  the  wjnd  shall 
reap  the  whirlwind." 

*'  Let  it,  then,  be  borne  in  mind  by  every  youth,  that 
'^wild  oats"  are  the  poorest  crop  that  ever  has  been 
sowed,  and  the  least  satisfactory  to  the  owners  of  all  that 
ever  have  been  gathered.  And  v/orst  of  all,  they,  in  a 
short  time,  so  deeply  wipovcrLah  and  poison  the  soil,  that  it 
eeldom,  if  ever,  produces  anything  valuable  afterwards. 


In  this  lesson,  e  when  not  silent,  has  the  sound  of 
a  long.  Keiijli^  tlieir  and  obey  are  pronounced  as  if 
written  nay,  thare,  obay  : 


obey  tliey 

CO  heir  ,  .  there 

eigh  ty  their 

hein  ous  tray 

neigh  bor  skein 

par  terre  vein 

in  veigh.  weigh 

pur  vey  where 

sur  vey  whey 

DAGGERS  AND  TKOENS. 
Many  a  reckless  youth  by  a  single  thrust  of  his  dagger 
plants  a  thousand  thorns  in  his  own  pillow  for  the  remainder 
of  his  life.     Be  guarded.     Worlds  offered  as  a  price  oan 
aever  retrieve  the  deed,  or  restore  your  peace  of  miad, 


ere 

tete 

sley 

rein 

reign 

heir 

neigh 

eight 

freight 


o  bey  sance 
pur  vey  or 
sur  vey  ing 
con  vey  ance 
dis  o  bey 
there  in  to 
there  un  to 
there  with  al 
con  noisseur ' 


SPELLING  BOOK.  133 


LESSON  cm. 

THE     HEAVENS. 


1 
The  shining  worlds  above 
In  glorious  order  stand, 
Or  in  swift  courses  move, 

By  God's  supreme  command. 
-He  spake  the  word". 
And  all  their  frame, 
From  nothing  came. 
To  praise  the  Lord. 

He  moved  their  mighty  wheels, 

In  unknown  ages  past, 
And  earth  His  word  fulfills, 
While  time  and  nature  last. 
In  difiereut  ways 
His  works  proclaim 
His  wondrous- name. 
And  speak  His  praise. 

G  has  two  sounds — the  bard  and  the  soft.  Its  soft 
sound  is  like  that  of/.  It  is  bard  before  a,  o  and  w; 
buf  it  is  sometimes  bard  and  sometimes  soft  before  e,  i 
and  I/.  In  the  following  lesson  it  is  bard  before  these 
last  named  letters : 


geese 

fin  ger- 

flaggy 

stag  ger 

gear 

lin  ger 

gid  dy 

swag  ger 

get 

mon  ger 

gib  bo  us 

sprig  gy 

geld 

'    mea  ger 

giin  let 

slug  gish 

gimp 

ea  ger 

girl  ish 

snaggy 

gild 

ti  ger 

gig  let 

shag  gy 

give 

big  ger 

g»g  g^e 

scrag  ged 

g^S 

^"ggy 

rjg  ger 

twig  ged 

gird 

"i«g  gy 

rig  ging 

twig  gy 

girl 

gog  gy 

dig  ger 

trig  ger 

girth 

^>og  gy 

dig  ging 

leg  gin 

gift 

nog  gin 

wag  gish 

bag  ging 

leg  god 

tar  get 

wag  ging 

geld  ing 

134 


THE   CONFEDERATE 


rag  ged 
pig  gin 
an  trer 


drug  got 
drug  gist 
flog  ging 
flog  ged 
slirug  ged 
shrugging 
gif  ted 


cog  ger 
hug  ged 
hug  ging 


gild  in 
gil  der 
cird  er 


fog  gy 
jaggy 


]-ug  ged 
tug  ged 
log  ged 
get  tmg 
fkg  ged 
jag  ged 


gir  die 
bi\ie:  ser 


to" 

au  ger 
snag  ged 
gew  gaw 
dog  ged 
dog  gish 
liog  gish 

AVords  in  which  cA  have  the  sound  of  sh ;  and  i 
that  of  e  long : 


brag  ging 
swag  ging 
tag  ging 


chaise 
chan  ere 
cham  ade 
chara  pai^n 
chi  cane 
chev  er  il 
chev  a  lier 
chiv  al  ry 
chan  de  lier 


cap  a  pie 
cap  u  chin 
car  bin  ier 
can  non  ier 
brig  a  dier 
bom  ba  zine 
sub  ma  rine 
ti'ans  ma  rine.- 
mag  a  zine 


cav  a  lier 
cor  de  lier 
man  da  rin 
po  lice 
ma  rine 
fas  cine 
cash  ier 
fron  tier 
der  nier 


CURTIUS. 

VALOn    AND    I'ATIUOTISM. 

It  is  said  that  a  feartiii  torreut,'f  rom  beneath  the  surface, 
once  burst  up  in  the  Forum  of  ancient  Rome.  The  popu- 
lace became  alarmed.  The.  Augurs  were  consulted.  Their 
response  was,  that  the  breach  never  could  be  closed  until 
the  most  precious  things  in  Koine  were  thrown  into  it.     ■ 

Upon  hearing  this,  t^urtius,  a  noble-minded  and  heroic 
Koman,  clad*in  complete  armor,  and  mounted  on  horseback, 
.leaped  into  the  midst  of  it,  declaring  that  there  was  nothing 
more  valaable  than  valor  ixnd  patriotism. 

Tlie  historians  declare  that  the  gulf  immediately  closed, 
and  that  Cuvtius  was  seen  no  more. 

There  is  many  a  moral  breach  in  this  our  beloved  Con- 
federacy, whose  bitter  and  poisonous  floods  would  over- 
whelm and-  desolate  our  whole  land  !  Who  and  where  are 
the  self-sacriticing  sons  of  the  South  that  ore  ready,  as  the 
embodiment  of  valor  and  christian  patriotism,  to  achieve 
immortal  honor  by  a  similar  piocedure  ? 


SPELLiNO  BOOK.  135 


LESSON  CIV. 

GOD'S    PRAISE. 

Let  every  creafure  join 
To  praise  the  eternal  God  ; 
■   Ye  heavenly  hosts,  the  song  begin, 
And  sound  Ills  name  abroad. 

Thou  sun  with  golden  beams, 

And' moon  with  paler  rays, 
Ye  st'iiry  lights,  ye  twinkling  flames, 

Shine  to  your  Maker's  praise. 

''^He  built  tliose  worlds  above, 

And  fixed  their  wondrou!^ frame; 
By  his  command  they  stand  or  move, 
And  ever  speak  His  n^mc. 

THE  MOON. 

This  beautiful  orb  has  no  light  of  its  own.  It  shines 
only  by  reflecting  the  light  of  the  sun.  That  side  of  it 
which  is  turned  tov/ard  the* sun  is  bright;  the  other  side 
is  dark. 

The  moon  is  a  small  body,  chiefly  made  to  give  light  upon 
the  earth.  The  distance  through  it  is  only  two  thousand 
miles.  Its  distance  from  the  earth  is  two  hundred  and 
forty  thousand  miles  It  completes  its  revolution  round 
the  earth,  as  its  centre  of  motion,  once  in  twenty-nine  days 
and  a  half. 

The  appearances  of  the  moon   are  very  different  in  the 

difl'erent  parls  of  its  orbit.     These  changes  in  appearance 

*  are  called  its  "  j^A'tr.sr.s.''     The  moon  turns  on  its  axis  once 

each  time  it  goes  round  the  earth.     Only  one  side  of  it  is 

ever  seen  by  us. 

When  the  moun  passes  between  us  and  the  sun,  as  it 
does  once  a  month,  its  dark  gide  is  turned  toward  us  :  then 
.  it  gives  us  no  light.  It  seems  as  if  it  had  gone  out,  or 
had  ceased  to  oJvist.  But  in  a  day  or  two  a  little  of  its 
bright  side  is  turned  towards  us,  and  it  appears  like .^a  strip 
of  gold  an  inch  broad,  tapered  at  the  ends  into  two  sharp 
horns.     Then  it  is  called  new  moon. 


136 


THE  CONFEDERATE 


From  tliat  time,  for  two  weeks,  it  shows  more  of  .its 
bright  side  each  night,  till  it  apptjars  round  as  a  cart 
wheel.  Then  it  is  called  full  moon.  From  the  day  on 
which  it  is  full  until  the  next  new  moon,  it  seems  to  waste 
away  again  to  nothing.  Then  it  passes  on,  and  begins 
again  to  enlarge  as  before.  This  is  the  way  it  does  the 
whole  year  through,  and  from  age  to  age. 

Now,  though  it  a-pjycars  as  if  it  had  W'astcd  to  nothing, 
and  an  entirely  new  moon  had  come  into  existence,  it  is 
not  so.  We  have  the  same  moon  now  that  shone  upon  the 
Patriarchs  before  the  flood. 

The  moon,  by  its  attraction,  raises  the  tides  in  the  ocean. 
But  we  do  not  know  that  it  exerts  any  influence  upon 
either  the  animal  or  the  vegetable  world. 


LESSON  CV. 

GRATEFUL  DEVOTION. 

How  much  is  mercy  Thy  delight, 

Thoii  ever  blessed  God  ! 
How  dear  Thy  servants  in  Thy  sight, 

How  precious  is  their  blood  ! 

How  happy  all  Thy  servants  are, 
How  great  Thy  grace  to  me  ! 

My  life  which  Thou  hast  made  Thy  care. 
Lord,  I  devote  to  Thee. 


The   soft 

or  open 

sound  of  ng  is 

heard  in  the 

following 

words : 

.- 

bang 

bang- 

sing 

string 

bring 

sang 

song 

strong 

bung 

hung 

sung 

slung 

king 

ring  . 

swing 

sling 

cling 

ling 

sprung 

spring 

clung 

pang 

tung 

sprang 

lungs 

Drong 

tiling 

ding 

rung 

3ung 

dung 

strung 

stung 

flung 

wriwg 

gang 

wrong 

twang 

swang 

gong 

SPELLING  BOOK.  13T 


Although  no  other  letter  comes  between  the  g  and 
the  n  in  the  following  words,  yet  the}''  belong  to 
different  syllables;  and  therefore  the  sound  proper 
of  each,  when  separate,  is  retained : 


sig  nal 

in  dig  nant 

des  ig  na  tion 

sig  ni  fy 

in  dig  ni  ty 

im  preg  na  ble 

dig  ni  ty 

as  sig  na  tiom 

sig  nif  i  cant 

dig  ni  fy 

res  ig  na  tion 

sig  ni  fi  ca  tion 

preg  nant 

op  pug  nan  cy 

lig  num  vi  taj 

ira  preg  n 

ate 

re  pug  nant 

lig  nif  er  ous 

3reg  nan 

cy 

re  pug  nan  cy 

cog  ni  tion 

3e  nig  nant    • 

mag  ni  fy 

cog  na  tion 

be  nig  ni 

ty 

mng  nif  i  cent 

ag  ni  tion 

ma  lig  ni 

ty 

cog  ni  zance 

ig  ni  tion 

ma  lig  nant 

rec  og  nize    - 

cog  nos  ci  ble 

"CONSIDER  THJl  LILIES." 

1.  Several  important  lessons  might  be  learned  from  a 
proper  consideration  of  the  lily.  It  is  the  emblem  of 
purity^  modesty  and  humility;  and  its  teachings  are  at 
once  pleasing  and  impressive. 

2.  In  common  with  jnany  other  plants,  it  displays  the 
wisdom,  power,  goodness  and  superintending  care  of  the 
Creator.  But  it  would  seem  that  its  chief  mission  into 
the  world  was  to  impress  upon  mankind  the  importance  of 
that  crowning  christian  grace — humilifi/.        ^    ' 

3.  It  teaches  this  lesson  by  the  j'^odtion  in  which  it 
grows,  and  the  attitude  which  it  assumes.  It  is  ^^  the  lilt/ 
of  the  vallrf/."  It  loves  lonely  places  and  lonely  situations. 
The  back-ground  and  the  shade  are  its  delight. 

4.  You  do  not  find  it  on  the  mountain  top,  or  showing 
forth  its  splendor  from  the  lofty  cliff.  You  must  search 
for  it  in  the  most  retired  places.  Its  stalk  is  uncomely, 
and  it  grows  without  the  slightest  pretension.  Its  cliief 
beauty  is  in  its  flowers;  but  it,  in  a  great  measure,  con- 
ceals its  leaves. 

5.  It  show^  its  humility  also  by  its  attitudr  as  well  as 
its  position.  When  the  lily  is  about  to  bloom,  it  hangs 
down  its  head  as  if  it  wished  to  PQOce^l  its  beauty  and 
withdraw  from  observation, 


138       "  .  THE   OONFEDERATB 

G.  The  pink,  the  rose  and  the  proud  dahilia  lift  up  their 

heads, 'and  seem  to  covet  attention  and  applause.     '^Corne, 

-Bee   how  beautiful  1  am."     Not*so  the  lily.     It  mates  no 

such  display.     On   the  contrary,  every  feature  indicates 

modesty  and  humilify. 

7.  Although  ''  Solomon  in  all  his  glory  was  not  arrayed 
like  one  of  these,"  the  lily  has  neither  pride  nor  vanity. 
Thus  it  shows  how  despicable  ai*  these  c{ualities  among 
the  dwellers  upon  the  earth. 

8.  From  the  fact  that  it  makes  no  display,  but  conceals 
its  beauty,  it  teaches  us  to  seek  suhdantial  vsorth^  and  not 
be  captivated  by  beauty  or  external  appearances  alone. 

Quest ions."~J)Q,^Q,Y\hQ  the  lily,  and  state  the  several 
lessons  it  teaches?  Notice  that  the  sum  of  the  whole  is, 
tliat  humility  h  the  chief  christian  grace,  and  that  worth 
h  before  beauty. 

LESSOxNl  CVI. 

INFINITE   EXCELLENCE. 

1.  0  could  I  speak  the  matchless  worth  ! 

0  could. I  set  the  glories  forth  ! 
Which  in  my  Saviour  shine, 

I'd  soar  ai^d  touch  the  heavenly  strings, 
And  vie  with  Gabriel  while  he  sings, 
In  notes  almost  divine. 

2.  I'd  sing  the  precious  blood  he  spilt, 
My  ransom  from  the  dreadful  guilt 

Of  sin  and  wrath  divine; 
I'd  sing  his  glorious  righteousness. 
In  which  all- perfect  heavenly  dress 

My  soul  shall  ever  shine. 

3.  I'd  sing  the  characters  he  bears. 
And  all  the  forms  of  love  he  wears, 

Exalted  on  his  throne ; 
In  lofricst  songs  of  sweetest  praisCj 

1  vfould  to  everlasting  days 
^loke  rH  hi§  glotiee  l?nowni 


SPELLING  BOOK.  139 


4.  Soon  tlic  delightful  day  will  come, 

AYhen  my  dear  Lord  will  call  me  home, 

And  I  shall  see  his  face; 
Then  with  my  Saviour,  Brother,  Friend, 
A  blest  eternity  I'll  spend, 

Triumphant  in  his  grace.  ^ 

CONSCIENCE. 

We  cannot  escape  the  company  of  our  own  conscience.  By 
niulit  and  by  day — in  company  or  in  solitude,  it  is  always 
with  us.  He  is  wih-c,  then,  who,  by  always  doing  his  duty, 
makes  conscience  a  pleasant  and  cheering  companion.  But 
to  the  wicked,  instead  of  being  a  bosom  friend,  it  is  a 
bosom  fury. 

date  and   iiate  in  the  following  words   are  •  pro^' 
nounced  as  if  written  ^^  shatc:^^ 


OS  so  oiate 

ex  pa  tiate 

an  nun  ciate 

dis  so  ciate 

ne  go  tiate 

li  cen  tiate 

con  so  ciate 

in  gra  tiato^ 

sub  Stan  tiate 

e  ma  ciate 

in  sa  tiate 

pro  pi  tiate 

In  the  following  words  ^t?  is  silent: 

who 

?^;hoop 

whom  so  ever 

whose. 

wdioUj 

whole  sale 

ivhom 

who  ever 

whole  some 

ivho]e 

who  so  ever 

whole  some  ness 

X,  in  the 

following  words,  takes  the  sound  of  gz 

ex  ist 

ex  is  tence 

ex  am  ine 

ex  act 

ex  u  ber  ant 

ex  am  pie 

ex  empt 

^ex  liib  it 

ex  or  dium 

ex  bort 

Vx  or  bi  tant 

ex  em  plar 

ex  ert 

ex  ec  u  tor 

ex  em  phi  ry 

exalt 

ex  ec  u  trix 

ex  em  pli  iy 

ex  ude 

ex  as  per  ate 

ex  on  cr  ate 

ex  haust 

ex  ec  u  tive 

ex  emp  tion 
ex  or  bi  lant 

exile 

ex  ng  ger  ato 

ex  ult 

tcx  ot  itt 

ex  or  bl  tano© 

140 


THE   CONFEDERATE 


LESSON  CYII. 

FLOWERS. 

Foster  the  good,  and  thou  shalfc  tend  the  flower, 

Already  sown  on  earth ; 
Eoster  the  beautiful,  and  every  hour 

Thou  call'st  new  flowers  to  birth. 


Ye  are  the  scriptures  of  the  earth, 

Sweet  flowers,  fair  and  frail ;  " 
A  sermon,  speaks  in  every  bud 

That  woos  the  summer  gale. 

There  is  a  lesson  in  each  flower, 
A  story  in  eacli  stream  and  bower ; 
On  every  herb  on  which  we  tread, 
Are  written  words,  which  rightly  read, 
Would  lead  you  from  earth's  fragrant  sod, 
To  hope,  to  holiness,  and  God. 

ANTIQU^ED  WORDS. 

Living  languages  are  constantly  changing.  Certain 
words  and  phrases  cease  to  be  used ;  others  come  in  their 
places!  Words  not  now  used  are  said  to  be  antiquated. 
Many  such  words  are  now  found  in  our  translation  of  the 
sacred  scriptures.  The  following  are  examples  of  that 
kind — with  their  meanings  *attached  : 


albeit 

although 

kerchiefs 

caps 

anon 

soon 

kine 

cows 

bewray  * 

expose 

leasing 

lying 

cracknels 

cakes 

listeth 

Dleasetli, 

days-man 

umpire 

let 

linder 

fenced 

fortified 

peeled     ^ 

smoothed 

holpen 

helped 

jjassion 

suffering 

liosen 

stockings 

blains 

blisters 

molten 

melted 

prevent 

go  before 

carriages 

baggage 

advisement 

counsel 

unwittingly 

unawares 

implead 

to  go  to  law 

seetlje 

boil 

(leal 

portion 

i5?i;i.trN0  moK^ 


Ul 


etrew 

twain 

wist 

straitly 

meat 

clean 

quick 

ravin 

bruit 

wax 

fray 

eschew 


scatter 

two 

know 

strictly 

food 

entirely 

living 

prey 

rumor 

become 

frighten 

avoid 


tache 

wench 

sad 

tale 

wot 

harness 

worship 

cuiinine: 

honest 

ensue 

instant 

trow 


iD 


button 

gin 

boiled 

number 

knew 

armor 

reverence 

skillful 

decent 

pursue 

earnest 

think 


"Four  beasts,"  living  ones. 
"  Uppermost  rooms,"  chief  seats, 
"Do* you  to  wit,"  cause  you  to  know. 
"Cast  in  the  teeth,"  reproach  or  reprove. 
*' Chode  with,"  quarreled  or  disputed. . 
"Living  waters/'  running  or  flowing. 

LESSON  CVIII. 

THE    TEMPTING   CUP. 
Look  not  upon  the  wine  when  it 

Is  red  within  the  cup  ! 
Stay  not  for  pleasure  when  she  fills 

Her  tempting  heaker  up  ! 
Tho'  clear  its  depths,  and  rich  its  glow, 
A  spell  of  madness  lurks  below. 

They  say,  ^tis  pleasant  on  the  lip, 

And  merry  on  the  Ijrain  ; 
They  say  it  stirs  the  sluggish  hlood, 

And  dulls  the  tooth  of  pain. 
Ay  I  but  within  the  flowing  deeps 
A  stinging  seipent,  unseen^  sleeps. 

Its  rosy  lights  will  turn  to  fire, 
Its  coolness  change  to  thirst ; 

And,  by  its  mirtli,  within  the  brain 
A  sleepless  worm  is  nursed. 

There's  not  a  bubble  on  the  brim 

That  docs  not  carry  food  for  liim. 


u^ 


tHE  COHFEt'SrtAT^ 


Tlien  dasli  the  brimming. cup  ftsido, 

-  i\.nd  spill  its  purple  wine*; 
Take  not  its  raadneys  to  thy  lip — 

Let  not  its  curse  be  thine. 
'Tis  red  and  rich — but  grief  and  woe 
Are  hid,  in  those  ropy  depths  below. 


WiLf.TS. 


Words  of  Five 

ap  pel  la  to  ry 
sym  met  ri  cal  ly 
u  nan  i  mous  ly 
im  meas  ur  a  We 
im  mod  er  ate  ly 
de  rog  a  to  ry 
d'e  lib  er  ate  \y 
in  con  ti  nen  cy 
un  con  quer  a  ble 
un  rea  son  a  ble 
in  com  pe  ten  cy 
in  or  di  nate  ly 
com  par  a  tive  ly 
con  tern  po  ra  ry 
con  ter  min  ous  ly 
con  tempt  u  ous  ly 
com  men  su  ra  ble 
con  tarn  in  a  b!e 
in  im  i  ta  ble 
in  yi  o  la  ble 
in  vul  ner  a  ble 
in  es  ti  ma  ble 
in  tol  er  a  ble 


Syllables^  Accented  on  (lie  Second. 
im  pet  u'ous  ly        un  sea  sou  a  ble 


pre  em  i  ncnt  ly 
dis  pen  sa  to  ry 
de  lib  er  ate  ly 
con  sid  er  a  biy 
ir  ref  ra  ga  ble 
com  pul  sa  to  ry 
com  men  da  to  ry 
con  sec  u  tive  ly 
iu  ap  pe  ten  cy 
re  mu  ner  a  tive 
pre  fig  u  ra  tive 
an  nun  ci  a  tive 
inflammableness 
in  com  par  a  bly 
in  Sep  a  ra  ble 
in  ad  e  qua  cy 
e  rad  i  ca  ble 
ex  trav  a  gant  ly 
iu  ter  mi  ua  ble 
in  cu  ri  ous  ly 
un  rea  son  a  ble 
in  cal  cu  la  ble 


im  mod  er  ate  ly 
un  par  don  a  ble 
pre  sumpt  u  ous  ly 
in  of  fi  ca  cy 
in  ac  cu  ra  cy 
ex  ter  min -a  ble 
.  ex  tern  po  ra  ry  ' 
in  el  li  gi  ble 
ex  clam  ma  to  ry 
he  red  i  ta  ry 
in  her  i  ta  ble 
in  vul  ner  a  ble 
in  su  per  a  ble 
ae  com  pa  ni  ment 
il  log  i  cal  ly 
un  com  foi;t  a  ble 
un  suf  fer  a  ble 
un  an  swer  a  ble 
un  so  ci  a  ble 
fe  ro  ei  ous  ly 
im^er  a  tive  ly 
im  per  ish  a  ble 


LESSON  CIX. 

PRAISE  AND  CONFIDENCE. 

1.  Thro'  all  the  changing  scenes  of  life, 
In  trouble  and  in  joy, 
The  praises  of  my  God  shall  still 
My  heart  and  tongue  employ. 


^i^sstLij-re^  mm, 


S.  My  soul  shall  inako  hor  boast  in  Tlini, 
And  celebrate  His  fume ; 
Come,  m8gnify  tho  Lord  with  me, 
Witli  me  exalt  His  name. 

3.  The  hosts  of  God  encamp  around 

The  dwellings  of  the  just; 
Deliverance  He  affords  to  all 
Who  on  His  succor  trust. 

4.  O  make  but  trial  of  His  love, 

Expeyence  shall  decide, 
How  blest  are  they,  and  only  they. 
Who  in  His  truth  confide. 

T).   Fear  Him,  ye  saints,  and  you  will  then 
Have  nothing  else  to  fear; 
Come,  make  His  service  your  deli^iht, 
He'll  make  your  wants  his  care. 


Chj  in  the  following  words,  liav 


Christ 

chlo  ride 

chasm  . 

mon  arch 

chrism 

an  arch 

chyle 

Plu  tarch 

chyme 

stom  acli 

cliord 

chro  mate 

choir 

an  ar  chy 

chrome 

an  cho  ret 

scheme 

arch  i  tect 

ache 

chrys  o  lite 

loch 

cat  e  chisin 

school 

cat  e  chist 

ar  chives 

char  ac  ter 

an  chor 

•     in  cho  ate 

tro  chee 

chol  er  ic 

cho  ral 

al  cliem  ist 

cho  rus 

al  chem  y 

cha  OS 

lach  ry  nial 

i  chor 

ol  i  garch 

Sep  ul  cher 

o  chre 

e  the  sound  of  7: 

o  chre  oiis 
sac  cha  rine 
brach  i  al 
cliol  e  ra 
ca  chex  y 
chor  is  tcr 
syn  chro  mism 
chron  i  cle 
chron  i  cler 
pa  tri  arch     . 
eu  cha  rist 
och  i  my 
or  ches  tra 
scho  las  tic  al 
pa  ro  chi  al 
me  chan  ic  al 
al  chem  ic  al 
cha  me  le  on 
cha  lyb  e  ate 
a  nach  ro  nism 


144  THE  CO^^rEBSEAtE 


e  pooh  tech  nio  al  cbro  nom  e  ter 

ech  o  arch  i  tect  chi  rog  ra  phy 

chron  ic  .      •       arch  i  trave  chi*  rog  ra  pher 

chem  ist  arch  a  ism  chro  nol  o  gy 

chris  tian  arch  e  type  mo  narch  ic  al 

Christ  mas  chrys  a  lid  lo  gom  a  chy 

schir  rus  scho  li  nm  the  om  a  chy 

schoon  er  scho  li  ast  cho  rog  ra  phy 

Bchol  ar  pol  e  march  syn  ec  do  che 

chol  er  mach  i  nate  bron  chot  o  my 

sched  ule  mon  ar  chy  cat  e  chet  ic  al 

pas  chal  hep  tar  chy  ich  thy  ol  o  gy 

LESSON  ex. 

NATIONAL  PRAYER  FOR  THE  SOUTHERN  CONFED- 
ERACY. 

{Tune — Amkrica.) 

God  bless  our  sunoy  land  ! 
May  Heaven's  protecting  hand 

Still  guard  our  shore, 
From  foes  by  land  and  sea; 
May  we  suc3essful  be, 
From  strife  be  ever  free 

As  ne'er  before  ! 

From  Death,  a  nation's  grief, 
'  O  Lord,  preserve  our  Chief :—     •  , 

Long  may  he  live — 
His  heart  inspire  and  move 
With  wisdom  from  above, 
And  in  a  nation's  love 
His  power  control. 

May  just  and, righteous  laws 
Uphold  the  people's  cause, 

And  bless  the  South  ; 
Land  of  the  martyrs'  grave. 
Home  of  the  free  and  brave  ! — 
On  such  a  land  we  crave, 

0  God,  thy  smile.  Wakd. 


^mLhm&  BOOE. 


145 


t..*  .y  tn  j'"iJ'jC'tggy-.Jt»%jRvr^iCry»agw<^*v"awcMjp»»^tr^^ 


■Mt jf^Ki^ vm.BUv^:mm  99 


In  the  following  wordfl  of  two  and  three  syllableg  e 
before  the  d  at  the  end  is  silent,  and  the  d  is  prO' 
nouncedin  connection  with  the  preceding  syllable: 


brib  ed 
kill  ed 
call  ed 
warn  cd 
saw  ed 
^^naw  ed 
form  cd 
sow  ed 
soil  ed 
coin  ed 
coil  ed 
sour  ed 


pav  ed 
roll  ed 
seem  ed 
mow  ed 
fear  ed' 
ra/s  ed 
prazs  ed 
liv  ed 
oil  ed    . 
foil  ed 
prowl  ed 
pour  ed 


us  ed 
tir  ed 
seal  ed 
sav  ed 
pain  cd 
ple«s  ed 
drain  ed 
rain  ed 
toil  (?d 
boil  cd 
growl  ed 
frown  ed 


con  ven  ed 
con  vey  ed 
com  menc  ed 
as  sum  -ed 
de  priv  ed 
sur  viv  ed 
de  sir  ed 
con  spir  ed 
de  form  ed 
sub  serv  ed  • 
bap  tiz  ed 
blasphemed 


D,  at  the  end  of  the  following  words,  has  the 
sound  of  t: 

fac  ed  ask  ed  im  press  ed  dis  miss  ed 

lac  ed  fix  ed  perch  ejX  preach  ed 

bas  ed  mix  ed  de  press  ed  reach  ed 

gra  ced  talk  ed  class  ed  in  due  ed 

pla  ced  ^valk  ed  cross  ed  re  due  ed 

rak  ed  work  ed  lash  ed  re  lax  ed 

quak  ed  wish  ed  bark  ed  em  bark  ed 

nurs  ed  class  ed  dash  ed  dis  pers  ed 

THE  RAINBOW  AND  THE  COVENANT. 

And  (Jod  blessed  Noah  and  his  sons^  and  said  unto 
them  :  Be  fruitful  and  ninltiply  and  replenish  the  earth. 
Every  thing  that  livoth  shall  be  meat  for  yon;  even  as 
the  green  herb  have  I  given  you  all  things. 

But  flesh  with  the  life  thereof,  -which  is  the  blood, 
thereof  shall  ye  not  eat. 

And  surely  your*blood  of  your  lives  will  I  require;  at 
the  hand  of  every  beast  will  I  require  it,  and  at  the  hand 
of  man  ;  at  the  hand  of  every  man's  brother  will  I  require 
the  life  of  man.  Whoso  sheddeth  man's  blood,  by  man 
shall  his  blood  be  shed. 

G 


146  5?HB  COKFfiDKHATE 

Attd  G-od  spake  unto  Noah  and  his  sons  with  him, 
saying ;  Behold  I  establish  my  covenant  with  you  and 
your  seed  after  you.  And  Grod  said  :  this  is  the  token  of 
the  covenant  which  I  make  between  me  ;iand  you,  and 
every  living  creature  that  is  with  you,  for  perpetual  gene- 
rations. 

I  do  set  my  bow  in  the  cloud,  and  it  shall  be  for  a  token 
of  a  covenant  between  mc  and  the  earth.  And  it  shall 
come  to  pass,  when  I  bring  a  cloud  over  the  earth,  that  the 
bow  shall  be  seen  in  the  cloud  :  And  I  will  remember  my 
covenant,  which  is  between  me  and  you,  and  every  living 
creature  of  all  flesh  :  and  the  waters  shall  no  more  become 
a  flood  to  destroy  all  flesh. 

And  God  said  unto  Noah  :  This  is  the  token  of  the 
covenant  which  I  have  established  between  me  and  all 
flesh  that  is  upon  the  earth. — Bible. 

LESSON  CXI. 

UNITED    HEARTS. 

I  saw  two  clouds  at  morning 

Tinged  with  the  rising  sun ; 

And  in-tlie  dawn  they  floated  on. 

And  mingled  into  one  : 

I  thought  that  morning  cloud  was  blest, 

It  moved  so  sweetly  to  the  West. 

I  saw  two  summer  currents 

Flow  smoothly  to  their  meeting, 

And  join  their  course  with  silent  force, 

In  peace  each  other  greeting  : 

(>alm  was  their  course  thro'  banks  of  green, 

While  dimpling  eddies  played  between. 

Such  be  your  gentle  motion, 

Till  life's  last  pulse  shall  beat ;  • 

Like  summer's  beam  and  sumnaer's  ptreani. 

Float  on  in  joy  to  meet 

A  calmer  sea,  where  storms  shall  cease — 

A  purer  sky  where  all  ;s  peace. 

Moore. 


Si*»LHKa  BOOK.  U7 

Woj^ds  of  Seven  Syllahlesl  Accented  on  the  Fifth. 

per  pen  die  u  lar  i  ty  im  pen  e  tra  bil  i  ty 
an  ti  trin  i  ta  ri  an             ,  ir  re  sist  i  bil  i  ty 

in  de  struc  ti  bil  i  ty  ini  per  cep  ti  bil  i  ty 

in  el  li  gi  bil  i  ty  in  com  pat  i  bil  i  ty 

in  di  vis  i  bil  i  ty  in  di  vid  u  al  i  ty 
im  ma  te  ri  al  i  ty           •      in  com  press  i  bil  i  ty 

in  de  fen  si  bil  i  ty  in  com  bus  ti  bil  i  ty 

in  con  tes  ti  bil  i  ty  in  con  form  a  bil  i  ty 

The  Two  following  in  Eight  Syllahles  have  the  Accent 

on  the  Sixth: 

un  in  tel  li  gi  bil  i  ty  in  com  pre  hen  si  bil  i  ty 

THE  SHOPKEEPER  AND  THE  LAWYER. 

A  shopkeeper,  in  a  certain  city,  sent  a  servant  to  the 
office  of  a  lawyer,  requesting  him  to  lend  him  a  hook  which 
was  known  to  be  in  liis  library.  The  reply  was  :  ''I  cannot 
lend  the  book,  but  if  you  will  come  to  my  o&ce  you  may 
read  all  day  in  it/' 

A  short  time  after  this,  the  lawyer,  on  a  cold  rainy 
morning,  sent  to  borrow  the  shopkeeper's  fire-bellows.  The 
following  answer  was  returned  :  "  I  cannot  let  the  bellows 
go  out  of  my  shop ;  but,  as  often  as  it  suits  your  convc; 
nience,  }'ou  may  come  and  blow  all  day  with  it." 

LESSON  CXII. 

BEHOLD  THE  LOFTY  SKY. 
Behold  the  lofty  sky 

Declares  its  Maker,  God, 
And  all  the  starry  worlds  on  high 

Proclaim  Mis  power  abroad. 

The  darkness  and  the  light 

Still  keep  their  course  the  same ; 

While  night  to-day,  and  day  to-night, 
Divinely  teach  His  name. 

In  every  diiferent  land 

Their  general  voice  is  known ; 
They  show  the  wonders  of  His  hand| 

And  orders  from  His  throne. 


THE  STARRY  HEAVEN?. 

The  blue  canopy  above  us,  bo  thickly  studded  with  stars, 
has,  in  all  ages  and  countries,  been  contemplated  with 
wonder  and  delight.  To  us,  at  the  South,  those  brilliant 
orbs  shine  with  captivating  beauty. 

The  children^  therefore,  of  our  Southern  Confederacy, 
should  not  only  become  well  acquainted"  with  that  delight- 
ful science — astronomy — which  treats  of  them,  but  they 
should  make  the  starry  heavens  a  subject  of  frequent  and 
delightful  contemplation. 

I  have  already  told  you  about  the  sun,  the  moon  and  the 
earth.  I  will  now  tell  you  about  the  stars.  There  are  two 
kinds  of  stars.  One  kind  consists  of  planets;  the  other 
of  fixed  stars. 

The  word  planet ^means  a  wanderer.  This  name  is  given 
to  those  orbs  which  revolve  around  the  sun  as  their  centre 
of  motion,  because  they  are  constantly  changing  their  places. 

Thore  are  eight  principal  planets.  None  of  them  has 
any  light  of  its  own.  The  earth  is  one  of  the  planets ; 
and  you  know  that  it  is  a  dark  body.  The  names  of  tbc 
planets  are  :  Mercury,  Venus,  the  Earth,  Mars,  Jupiter, 
Saturn,  Uranius  and  Neptune. 

Each  planet  has  two  motions — one  around  its  own  axis, 
and  the  other  a  progressive  motion  in  its  orbit  around  the 
^un.  Each  turn  on  its  axis  makes  a  day  ;  and  a  complete 
revolution  in  its  orbit  makes  a  year. 

The  earth  turns  on  its  axis  three  hundred  and  sixty-five 
times,  while  it  makes  its  yearly  circuit  round  the  sun  ;  and 
that  is  the  reason  why  we  have  that  number  of  days  and 
nights  in  our  year.  Those  planets  which  have  larger  orbits 
liave  many  more  days  in  their  year^.han  we  have  in  ours. 

All  the  larger  planets  which  rcvolvo  around  the  sun  as 
their  centre  of  motion  are  called  2)rimar7/  planets.  Those 
which  revolve  round  the  primary  are  called  secondnri/ 
planets  or  moons.  The  Earth  has  one  moon,  Jupiter  four, 
Saturn  seven. 

The  use  of  the  moon,  you  know,  is  to  give  light  at 
night  to  the  primary  planet,  by  refl-ccting  upon  it  the  light 
of  the  sun.  In  another  lesson  1  will  tell  you  about  the 
fixed  stai's. 


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LESSON  CXIII. 

WORTH   OF  THE  BIBLE. 

The  Bible  !  the  Bible  ! 

More  precious  than  gold, 
The  hopes  and  the  glories 

Its  pages  unfold ! 

It  speaks  of  salvation, 

Wide  opens  the  door; 
Its  offers  are  free 

To  the  rich  and  the  poor. 

The  Bible!  the  Bible! 

Blest  volume  of  truth  ; 
How  sweetly  it  smiles 

On  the  season  of  youth  ! 

It  bids  us  seek  early 

The  '^  pearl  of  great  price," 
Ere  the  heart  is  enslaved 

In  the  bondage  of  vice. 

Anomalous  Words. 

The  following  words  vary  from  all  the  regular 

vowel  sounds,  as  indicated 


modes  of  pronouncing  the 
in  the  foregoing  exercises : 


buoy 

c'hoir 

cough 

draught 

laugh 

one 

once 

rouge 

says 

said 

slough 

tough 

troiigU 


buoe 

kwire 

kof 

draft 

laf 

wun 

wuns 

roozhc 

sez 

sed 

sluff 

tutf 

trof 


hie  cough 
J  ron 
laugh  ter 
ma  ny 
neph  ew 
pret  ty 
waist  coat 
ser  geaut 
su  gar 
wo  nien 
a  gain 
a  gainst 
bat  teau 


hik  kup 
i  urn 
laf  tur 
m'en  ne 
nev  vu 
prife  te 
wes  kot 
sar  jant 
shu  gur 
wim  miu 
a  gen 
a  genst 
bat  to 


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THE  CONFEDERATE 


any 
a  pron 
bu  sy 
bu  si  ness 

Col  0  nel 
cup  boArd 
flam  beau 
haut  boy 
hal  le  lu  jah 
pal  an  quin 


en  ne 
a  purn 
biz.ze 
biz  ness 

kur  nel 
kub  burd 
flam  bo 
ho  boe 
hal  le  lu  ya 
pal  an  keen 


bu  reau 
CO  quette 
der  nier 
e  nough 


bu  ro 
ko  ket 
dern  yare 
e  nuf 


main  tain  men  tane 

cbor  is  ter  kwir  is  ter 

lieu  ten  ant  lev  ten  ant 

port  man  teau  port  man  to 

roq  ue  laur  rok  e  lor 

belles  let  tres  bel  la  tur 


Cyrus'  Crown, — Cyrus,  the  Persian  King,  was  accus- 
tomed to  say  that  did  men  but  know  the  cares  he  had  to 
sustain,  he  thought  no  man  would  wish  to  wear  his  crown. 

Alexander's  Tears. — The  conquests  of  Alexander 
the  Grreat  could  not  satisfy  him  •  for  when  he  had  con- 
quered the  whole  of  the  known  world,  he  sat  down  and 
wept  because  he  knew  of  no  other  world  to  conquer. 

LESSON  CXIY. 

THE    SKY-LARK. 

1.  Eternal  minstrel,  pilgrim  of  the  sky, 

-  Dost  thou  despise  the  earth  where  cares  abound, 
Or,  while  thy  wings  aspire,  are  heart  and  eye 
Both  with  thy  nest  upon  the  dewy  ground  ? 
Thy  nest  which  thou  canst  drop  into  at  will, 
Those  quivering  wings  composed,  and  music  still. 

2.  To  the  last  point  of  vision,  and  beyond. 

Mount,  daring  worbler !  the  love  prompted  strain, 
^Twixt  thee  and  thine  a  never-failing  bond 

Thrills  not  the  less  the  bosom  of  the  plain  ! 
Yet  inight'st  thou  seem,  proud  privilege  to  sing, 
Independent  of  the  leafy  spring. 

•    3.  Leave  to  the  nightingale  the  shad}'  wood, 

A  privacy  of  glorious  light  is  thine, 
AYhence  thou  dost  pour  upon  the  world  a  flood 

Of  harmony,  with  rapture  more  divine! 
Type  of  the  wise  who  soar,  but  never  roam, 
True  to  the  kindred  points  of  heaven  and  home ! 


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Quotations 

Ad  iDliuitum 
Ad  valorem 
Alma  mater 
Anglice 
Beau  molide    • 
Bona  fide 
Bon  mot 
Bon  ton 
Caput  mortuum 
Carte  blanche 
Compos  mentis 
Coup  do  main 
Cornu  copia) 
En  masse 
E  pluribus  ununi 
Ex  officio 
Ex  parte 
Fac  simile 
Fille  de  chambrc 
Fortiter  in  re 
Habeas  corpus 
In  statu  quo 
In  to  to 
Ipse  dixit 
Ipso  facto 
Literatim 
Lex  talionis 


froin  other  Layiguages, 

without  end 

according  to  value 

a  cherishing  mother 

in  English 

the  fashionable  world 

in  good  faith 

a  witty  repartee 

the  fashion 

the  lifeless  remains 

unconditional  terms 

of  sound  mind 

a  bold  effort 

horn  of  plenty 

in  a  body 

one  out  of  many 

by  virtue  of  his  office 

on  one  side 

exact  likeness    . 

a  chambermaid 

firm  in  action 

you  may  have  the  body 

in  the  same  state 

in  the  v/hole 

he  said  so 

by  the  thing  itself 

letter  for  lettei' 

the  law  of  revenge 


THE  ARCHER  AND  HIS  ARROW. 

A   FABLE. 

An  areher  complained  of  his  arrow  because  it  did  not 
hit  the  mark.  '"  If  you  had  directed  me  right  I  should  not 
have  failed/'  said  the  arrow. 

Moral. — We  too  often  blame  others  when  the  fault  is 
our  own. 


152  THE   CONFEDERATE 


LESSON  CXV. 

THE  POOR  OLD  LYON. 

A   FABLE, 

A  noble  old  lyoii,  worn  down  by  age  and  disease,  lay 
UDon  the  ground,  groaning  away  tbe  last  remains  of  life. 
But  now  that  he  was  thus  prostrate,  the  ignobje  beasts 
commenced  their  taunts,  their  insults  and  abuse. 

•The  boar,  with  foaming  rage,  assailed  hira  with  thrusts 
of  his  tusks.  Next, came  the  bull,  and  gor.ed  hira  with 
liis  liorns.  The  wolf  growled  and  gnashed  his  teeth  at 
Mm.  Then  came  the  ass,  spiteful  and  insolent,  and  brayed 
at  the  old  monarch  of  the  forest  in  a  most  insulting  man- 
ner. Having  thus  ascertained  that  his  lionship  was  no 
longer  able  to  resent  an  injury,  or  defend  himself,  he  ven- 
tured near  and  hiched  Mm  on  the  forehead !  Ah!  said, 
the  dying  lion,  I  thought  it  hard  to-be  insulted,  in  my  last 
moments,  by  the  brave;  but  to  be  thus  treated  by  the 
meanest  of  beast^,  this  is  past  endurance— it  is  a  double 
death ! 

Moral. — Only  cowards  insult  fallen  greatness.  Only 
asses  kick  dead  lions.  The  most  painful  of  all  deaths  is  to 
die  by  the  .kick  of  an  ass  ! 

\  -  Quotations  from  otJier  Languages. 

[continued.] 

Memento  mori  ^      be  mindful  of  death 

Mirabile  dictu  *      wonderfal  to  be  told 

Multam  in  parvo  mucli  in  a  little 

Maximum  the  greatest 

Minimum  the  least 

N^  plus  ultra  nothing  beyond 

Non  compos  meMiti  not  of  sound  mind 

Pater  patriae  Father  of  his  country 

Per  annum  by  the  year  ' 

Per  diem  by  the  day 

Prima  facie  lirst  sight,  or  face 

Pro  bono  publico  for  public  good 

Pro  tempore  •           for  the  time 

Quantum  '           how  much 


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Quantum  sufficit  enough 

Quid  nunc  what  now 

Sang  froid  with  indifference 

Sine  die  no  day  appointed 

Sine  qua  non  a  thing  indispensable* 

Secumden  arteni  according  to  art 

Sanctum  sanctorum  the  most  holy  place 

Summum  bonum  the  highest  good 

Sub  rosa  under  the  rose 

Utile  dulci  the  useful  with  the  pleasant 

Versus  against 

Verbatim  word  for  word 

Via*  by  way  of 

Vice  versa  on  the  contrary 

Viva  voce  with  the  living  voice 

Data  truths  admitted 

What  is  a  flirt  f  A  young  lady  of  more  beauty  than 
sense  J  more  accomplishments  than  grace  of  mind;  more 
admirers  than  friends;  more  fools  than  wise  men  for 
attendants. 

LESSON  CXVL 

NOW    IS   THE    TIME- 

Remember  thy  Creator  now. 

In  these  thy  youthful  days ; 
He  will  accept  thine  earliest  vow, 

He  loves  thine  earliest  praise. 

Remember  thy  Creator  now, 

Seek  him  while  ho  is  near; 
For  evil  days  will  come,  when  thou 

Shalt  find  no  comfort  here. 

Remember  thy  Creator  now, 

His  willing  servant  be  J  * 

Then  when  thy  head  in  death  shall  bow, 

He  will  remember  the©^ 


154  THE   CONFEDERATE 


Almiglity  God!  our  hearts  iacline, 

Thy  heavenly  voice  to  hear ; 
Let  all  our  future  days  be  Thine, 

Devoted  to  Thy  fear. 

Exercises  in  Spelling,  Deriving  and  Combining  Words. 

Base,  basely,  baseness;  abase,  abasement;  debase, 
debasement. 

Beauty,  beautiful,  beauteous,  beautifully,  beautifulness, 
beauteousness,  beautify. 

Bounty,  bountiful,  bountifully,  bounteous,  bounteous- 
ness,  bountifulness. 

Form,  formless,  formation,  formative ;  inform,  conform, 
informal,  conformably,  conformity,  conformableness,  non- 
conformist, reform,  reformation,  perform,  performance, 
information. 

Govern,  governor,  governess,  government,  ungovernable. 

Honor,  honorable,  honorably,  honorary ; 'dishonor,  dis- 
honorable, dishonorably. 

Grace,  graceful,  gracefulness,  gracefully ;  ungraceful, 
disgraceful,  disgracefully. 

Credit,  creditable,  creditably,  creditor,  accredit,  incred- 
ible, incredibility,  discredit,  creed,  credence,  credibility. 

Cover,  covering,  coverlet,  uncover,  discover,  discovery, 
discoverable,  recover,  recovery,  irrecoverable,  irrecoverably, 
irrecoverableness. 

Scribe,  scribble,  ascribe,  ascription,  describe,  description, 
inscribe,  inscription,  proscribe,  proscription,  subscribe, 
subscription,  conscript,  conscription,  superscribe,  super- 
scription, descriptive,  iudescribable,  prescribe,  prescription, 
prescriptive. 

Light,  lightly,  lightning,  lightness,  lightsome. 

Season,  seasoning,  unseasonable,  unseasonably,  unsea- 
sonable n  ess. 

Venture,  venturesome,  venturous,  venturcsomeness,  per- 
adventure. 

Will,  willing,  willingly,  willingness,  unwilling,  unwil- 
lingly, unwillingness.    . 

Youth,  youthful,  youthfully,  youthfulness. 

Note. — It  is  earnestly  recommended  that  other  similar  exercises  be 
frequently  given  to  pupils  in  all  our  schools. 


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LESSON  CXVII. 

V  0  I C  E   OF    N  A  T  U  R  E . 

There  seems  a  voice  iu  every  gale, 
A  tongue  in  every  opening  flower, 
•      Which  tellSj^O  Ood,  the  wondrous  talc 
*  Of  thy  indulgence,  love  and  power. 

The  birds  that  rise  on  quivering  wing,        * 

Appear  to  hymn  their  Maker's  praise, 
x\nd  all  the  mingled  sounds  of  spring 
To  'I'hee  a  general  antliem  raise. 

Mrs.  Opie. 
ARTICULATION. 

By  this  is  meant  a  clear,  full  and  distinct  utterance  of 
the  sound  of  each  syllable  of  the  words  which  wc  pro- 
nounce. You  need  not  be  told  that  it  is  a  prime  quality, 
both  of  conversation  and  of  public  speaking. 

There  is  a  charm  about  line  articulation,  which  capti- 
vates every  ear  and  delights  every  heart.  But  there  is  ii 
vulgarity  about  indistinct  and  slovenly  utterances  which  is 
at  once  disgusting  and  painful  to  all  persons  of  refined 
taste. 
noun< 

Thu.s  to  wrest  away  a  /, 
And  make  it  end  in  c. 

The  word  imagination  is  also  pronounced  'mag'nation  ! 
And  you  wonder  what  newly  discovered  "nation''  the 
speaker  is  about  to  describe.  But  should  j'ou  resent  such 
an  offense  against  ^'ears  polite,"  the  quack  who  uttered  it 
will  apply  to  you  hiaters^  instead  of  blister,  to  draw  upon 
your  ill  humors. 

Your  neighbor  b'leeves  he  owes  you  for  makin'  his  mill 
w'eel,  aod  he  'sposes  you  'avc  no  Ejections  to  'ceivc  the 
money  now.  A  pompous  wight,  number  three,  'nounces 
ph'los'phers  fools,  and  threatens  to  icip  them  into  their 
senses.  A  fourth  saw  a  large  'sembly  last  night,  and  he 
and  a  gem'man  talk'in  pol'tics.  A  fifth  fought  in  the 
mem'rable  battle  of  'Nassas.  A  sixth  sicaa  the  river 
Mis'sipi  in  Jan'wary.     A  seventh  has  the  'eadache  from 


}.     How  often  do  we  hear  the  word  '-perfect"  pro- 
[iced  as  if  written  pe/^/ec  !     It  is  robbery  outright 


156  THE    CONFEDERATE 


heatin  'ot  lioysters  for  yupper.  An  eighth  thinks  buflos 
omd  hugly  han'mals.  A  ninth  took  a 'slution  of  pep'mint 
for  the 'sturbance  of  his  stomach.  A  "tenth  speaks  by 
'thority.     Au  eleventh   prefers  ^^tron'my  to  mathematics  ! 

LESSON  CXVIIL 

THE  VICTORS.  ^ 

I^ee  them  on  their  winding  way, 
About  their  ranks  the  moon  beams  play  ; 
Their  lofty  deeds  and  daring  high, 
Blend  with  the  notes  of  victory ; 
And  waving  arms  and  banners  bright, 
Are  glancing  in  the  mellow  light. 

Articulation. 
[continued.] 

In  a  previous  lesson  numerous  examples  were  given  of 
gross  and  ludicrous  departures  from  the  established  laws 
of  articulation.  Verily  such  horrid  butchery  of  our  noble 
mother  tongue  is  an  iniquity  to  be  punished  by  the  judges. 
Not  only  does  it  greatly  olfend  the  ear,  but  it  makes  one's 
flesh  creep  to  think  of  such  barbarity.  AVemost  sincerely 
hope  that  no  youth  of  this  Confederacy  will  ever  be  guilty 
of  such  outrages  against  propriety  and  refinement. 

We  would,  therefore,  as  the  only  sure  preventive,  urge 
upon  all  pupils,  at  the  very  commencement  of  their  educa- 
tion, the  great  importance  ef  a  clear  and  distinct  utterance 
of  every  syllable  in  each  lesson  which  they  either  spell 
or  read. 

Form  your  organs  of  speech  to  proper  utterances  while 
they  are  tender  and  flexible.  Learn  the  correct  pronun- 
ciation of  every  word  you  spell  or  speak,  and  then  confirm 
yourselves  in  it  by  daily  practice. 

Examples  in  Ai'tictdation. 

armedst  harmedst  burnedst  turnedst 

bonstest  reastcst  break  est  quakest 

fouledst  howledst  talkedst  walkedst 

hunteth  grunteth  laughedst  quaffedst 

drinketh  thinketh  snuigglest  strugglest 


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grantedst 

hauntedst 

mangiest 

stranglest 

gain'st 
muzzlcdst 

rain'st 
puzzledst 

hedged 
nervedst 

wedged 
swervedst 

combedst 

thwarttidst 

ncstledst 

bristledcst 

baskest 

maskest 

humblest 

stumblest 

drivledst 

grovledst 

hurt'st 

dart'st 

blankets 

trinkets 

length 

strength 

rapp'st 

harpedyt 

crumple 

nipp'st 

carpedst 

rumple 

dipp'st 
swivels 
mumble 

ripp'st 
drivels 
stumble 

wharf  d 

scarf  d 

scraped 

draped 

whirlest 
rank'st 

curlest 
sink'st 

prancest 
thoughtest 

princes 
boughtest 

gackedst 

thwachedst 

wriukiedst 

twinkledst 

truckledst  - 

wrongedst 

strength'nest 

length'neet 

LESSON  CXIX. 

THE    BEST    GUIDE. 

How  precious  is  the  book  Divine, 

By  inspiration  given  ! 
Bright  as  a  lamp  its  doctrines  shine, 

To  guide  our  souls  to  heaven. 

It  sweetly  cheers  our  drooping  hearts, 

In  this  dark  vale  of  tears ; 
Life,  light  and  joy  it  still  imparts, 

And  quells  our  rising  fears. 

This  lamp,  through  all  the  tedious  night 

Of  life,  shall  guide  our  way, 
Till  we  behold  the  clearer  light 

Of  an  eternal  day. 

THE  TEN"  COMMANDMENTS. 

The  Ix)rd  our  Maker  has  given  to  us  His  holy  law  m 
the  guide  of  our  conduct.  Some  of  His  commands  are 
intended  to  restrain  men's  passions,  aod  keep  them  from 
evil.   Others  are  given  to  direct  in  the  performance  of  duty. 

Taken  all  together,  they  tell  us  what  we  ought  to  do, 
and  what  we  must  not  do.  How  thankful  should  we  bo 
for  such  a  law  !  AVithout  it,  how  could  we  know  what  is 
right  .and  what  is  wrong? 


158  THE  CONFEDERATE 


That  law  was  delivered  from  the  flaming  summit  of 
Mount  Sinai,  amidst  the  most  wonderful  displays  of  the 
power,  majesty  and  glory  of  God.  Children  and  all  other 
persons  should,  then,  have  the  most  profound  reverence 
for  that  holy  law,  and  keep  it  constantly  before  their  minds 
as  the  rule  of  life. 

It  is  found  in  the  ]3ib1e,  at  the  twentieth  chapter  of 
Exodus.  You  can  there  read  each  commandment  just  as  it 
was  at  first  given.  But  I  will  here  give  the  substance  of 
them  in  a  much  shorter  form,  and  happy  will  it  be  for  you 
if  you  obey  them  : 

1.  Thou  shalt  have  no  more  Gods  but  me. 

2.  Before  no  idol  bow  thy  knee. 

3.  Take  not  the  name  of  God  in  vain. 

4.  Nor  dare  the  Sabbath  day  profane. 

5.  Give  both  thy  parents  honor  due. 
G.  Take  heed  that  thou  no  murder  do. 

7.  Abstain  from  words  and  deeds  unclean. 

8.  Nor  steal,  though  thou  art  poor  and 'mean. 

9.  Nor  make  a  wilful  lie,  nor  love  it. 
10.  What  is  thy  neighbor's  do  not  covet. 

■  Questions. — By  whom  was  the  Divine  law  given? 
Where?  To  whom  ?  How  many  commandments?  What 
is  the  first  ?  The  second  ?  The  third,  &c  ?  In  what  part 
of  the  Bible  are  they  found  ? 

LESSON    CXX. 

BRIGHT  SIDES. 

1.  Whate'er  the  grief  that  dims  our  eye, 

Whatever  the  cause  of  sorrow, 
We  turn  us  to  the  weeping  sky, 

And  say,  *'  We'll  smile  to-morrow." 

2.  And  when  from  those  we  love,  we  part, 

From  hope,  comfort  borrow, 
And  whisper  to  our  aching;  heart, 
'^  We'll  meet  again  to-morrow.'' 

THE  IBEX. 

1.  This  is  quite  a  pretty  animal  of  the  goat  kind.  My 
young  readers  would  all  like  to  see  it.     It  is  nimble  like 


SPELLING  BOOK,  159 

the  deer,  but  climbs  like  the  goat.  It  frequents  the  highest 
mountains,  and  is  found  chiefly  in  the  Alps,  the  Caucasian 
Mountains,  and  in  the  mountains  of  Abjsinia,  in  Africa. 

2.  The  ibex  is  very  shy.  It  retires  from  the  haunts  of 
mankind,  and,  like  the  chamois,  it  not  only  takes  up  its 
abode  among  the  lofty  and  dreary  fastnesses  of  the  rocks, 
but  it  delights  in  the  regions  of  perpetual  snow  ;  and,  like 
the  reindeer,  feeds  principally  upon  the  mosses  and  the 
leaves  of  the  dwarf  shrubbery  found  in  such  regions. 

3.  The  horns  of  the  ibex  are  of  enormous  size.  They 
project  backward  from  the  upper  part  of  the  crown  of  the 
nead  in  nearly  a  straight  direction,  and  then,  toward  the 
ends,  curve  over  toward  the  back  of  the  animal,  extending 
sometimes  more  than  tliree  feet  in  length. 

4.  The  color  of  the  ibex  changes  with  the  seasons,  from 
a  reddish  brown  in  summer  to  a  brown  gray  in  winter. 
This  animal  is  hunted  both  for  its  flesh  and  its  skin.  But 
such  is  its  shyness,  its  activity,  and  the  extreme  acutcness 
of  its  senses,  both  of  hearing  and  of  smell,  that  it  is  sel- 
dom taken  b}^  the  most  skillful  hunters. 

5.  When  tamed,  they  become  very  familiar  with  their 
owners,  but  nothing  can  tempt  them  to  come  in  sight  of  a 
stranger.  The  ibex  is  equally  agile  and  strong,  and  when 
driven  to  desperation,  it  turns  upon  its  pursuers,  and  by  a 
plunge  with  its  powerful  horns  hurls  them  over  the  most 
dangerous  precipices. 

6.  Huntsrs  when  thus  pursued  have  endeavored  to  make 
their  horned  enemy  the  victim  by  throwing  themselves  flat 
upon  the  edge  of  a  precipice,  and  causing  the  ibex  tp 
pitch  headlong  to  immense  depths  below.  But  to  their 
great  surprise  they  have  found  that  in  going  over  it  hurled 
itself  upon  its  enormous  horns  in  such  a  way  as  to  escape 
unhurt. 

Questions. — What  is  said  of  the  ibex  'f  Where  found  ? 
Its  haunts  y  Its  horns?  Its  color?  Hunted  for  what? 
Easily  taken  ?  Tamed  ?  Fights  ?  Leap  a  precipice 
unhurt  ?     How  ? 


160 


THE  CONFEDERATE 


LESSON    CXXI. 

NUiffiERS. 

Romansj  hound  in  mental  fetters, 
Instead  of  Jigures  used  their  letters  ; 
For  one  an  I,  for  f.ve  a  V, 
But  X  for  ten  you  always  see. 

The  L  a  note  of  fffi/  paid, 

And  C  a  hundred  always  made ; 

D,  richer,  for  five  hundred  stood, 

But  M  made  his  plump  tlioushnd  good. 

I,  left  of  V.  its  value  takes ; 
I,  right,  a  greater  value  makes ; 
Just  so,  if  found  with  X  it  be, 
So,  too,  the  X  with  L  or  C. 


.ETXERS. 

.     FIGURES. 

VALUES. 

I 

1 

one 

11 

2 

two 

III 

3 

three 

IV 

4 

four 

V 

5 

five 

VI 

6 

six 

VII 

7 

seven 

VIII 

8 

eight 

IX 

9 

nine 

X 

10 

ten 

XI 

11 

elevren 

XII 

12 

twelve 

XIII 

13 

thirteen 

XIV 

14 

fourteen 

XV 

15 

fifteen 

XVI 

16 

sixteen 

XVII 

17 

seventeen 

XVIII 

18 

eighteen 

XTX 

19 

nineteen 

XX 

20 

twenty 

XXX 

30 

^              thirty 

XL 

40 

forty 

L 

50 

fifty 

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161 


LX 

60 

sixty 

LXX 

70 

seventy 

LXXX 

80 

eighty 

XC 

90 

ninety 

c 

100 

one  hundred 

cc 

200 

two  hundred 

ccc 

300 

three  hundred 

CCGC 

400 

• 

four  hundred 

1) 

500 

five  hundred 

DO 

600 

six  hundred 

DCC 

700 

seven  hundred 

BOCC 

800 

eight  hwndred 

DCCCC 

900 

nine  hundred 

M 

1000 

one  thousand 

MDCCCLXIV. 

LESSON 

CXXII. 

ONE 

FAMILY. 

Come,  let  us  join  our  friends  above, 
Who  have  obtained  the  prize, 

And  on  the  eagle  wings  of  lovo, 
To  joy  celestial  rise. 

Let  saints  below,  in  concert  sing, 

With  those  to  glory  gone ; 
For  all  the  servants  of  our  King, 

In  heaven  and  earth  are  one. 

One  family,  we  dwell  in  Him  ! 

One  chur3h,  above,  beneath; 
Tho'  now  divided  by  the  stream — 

The  narrow  stream  of  death. 

One  army  of  the  living  God, 

To  His  command  we  bow  ; 
Part  of  the  host  have  cross'd  the  flood, 

And  part  are  crossing  now. 

E'en  now  to  their  eternal  home 

Some  happy  spirits  fly  ; 
And  we  are  to  the  margin  come, 

And  soon  expect  to  die. 


162  THE   CONFEDERATE 

0,  Savior  !  be  our  constant  guide, 

Then  when  the  wx)rd  is  given, 
Bid  Jordan's  narrow  stream  divide, 
And  land  us  safe  in  heaven. 

C.  Wesley. 
GRACEFULNESS. 

Be  graceful  in  your  manners.  The  same  thing  said  or 
done  delights  or  disgusts  hearers  and  observers,  just  in 
proportion  as  it  is  accompanied  or  deserted  by  good 
manners. 

From  your  own  observation,  reflect  what  a  disagreeable 
impression  an  awkward  address,  a  slovenly  figure,  an 
ungraceful  manner  of  speaking,  whether,  stammering, 
muttering  or  drawling,  make  upon  you  at  first  sight  in 
.strangers,  and  how  lasting  is  the  prejudice  thus  created 
;igainst  them, 

PROVERBS. 

Provide  for  the  worst ;  the  best  will  save  itself. 

Procrastination  is  the  thief  of  time. 

Praise  the  sea,  but  keep  on  land. 

Politics  make  strange  bed  fellows. 

Passion,  like  fever,  leaves  us  weaker. 

People  who  live  in  gl^iss  houses  dread  stones. 

Possession  is  nine  points  of  the  law. 

Promise  little,  but  perform  much. 

Pull  hair  by  hair,  the  scalp  grows  bare. 

Quick  resentment  brings  long  repentance. 

Kaise  no  more  spirits  than  you  can  conjure  down, 

Respect  your  promises  and  others  will  respect  you. 

Stop  the  leaks  before  the  rain  begins. 

Seek  the  devil  and  you  are  sure  to  find  him. 

Time  and  Tide  Wait  for  no  man. 

Wishing  seldom  cures  want. 

LESSON  CXXIII. 
PRAISE  FOR  CREATION  AND  PROVIDENCE 

I  sing  the  Almighty  power  of  God, 

That  made  the  mountains  rise, 
That  spread  the  flowing  seas  abroad. 

And  built  the  lofty  skies. 


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• 


I  sing  the  wisdom  that  ordained 

The  sua  to  rule  the  day ; 
The  moon  shines  full  at  His  command, 

And  all  the  stars  obey. 

I  sing  the  goodness  of  the  Lord, 

That  filled  the  earth  with  food ; 
He  formed  the  creatures  with  His  word, 

And  then  pronounced  them  good. 

Lord,  how  Thy  wonders  are  displayed, 

"VVher'er  I  turn  my  eye  ! 
If  I  survey  the  ground  1  tread, 

Or  gaze  upon  the  sky  ! 

THE  FIXED   STARS. 

At  first  sight  the  stars  all  appear  alike,  and  you  would 
suppose  they  were  all  of  the  same  kind.  It  is  not  so. 
The  fixed  stars  differ  from  the  planets ;  first,  in  shining 
by  their  own  light ;  secondly,  by  their  having  a  flickering^ 
or  flame-like  appearance,  while  the  planets  shine  with  <4' 
steady  light;  and  thirdly,  in  their  retaining,  at  aiftimcSj 
the  same  position  in  regard  to  each  other. 

They  all  seem  to  move  from  East  to  West,  but  they  all 
go  together.  It  is  not  so  with  the  pjanets.  They  arc 
constantly  changing  their  position,  both  as  regards  each 
other  and  the  fixed  stars. 

In  consequence  of  the  earth's  turning  on  its  axis,  from 
West  to  East,  we  are  carried  forward  under  the  heavenly 
bodies.  That  makes  them  appear  to  move  toward  the 
West;  but  fixed  stars  retain  the  same  position  toward 
each  other  as  the  letters  on  a  show-bill  or  the  spots  on  a 
bed-f(uilt  do  when  drawn  upon  the  caipet. 

The  fixed  stars  are  very  numerous,  and  they  are  very 
distant  from  us.  They  may  be  immensely  large  bodies; 
but  their  great  distance  makes  them  appear  very  small. 
They  shine  by  their  own  light.  They  are,  therefore,  suns. 
And  wc  infer  that  each  one  is  a  centre  of  a  system  of 
worlds  like  ours — they  revolving  round,  and  receiving 
from  it  light  and  heat  as  we  do  from  the  central  orb  of  our 
solar  system.  If  so,  how  immense  must  be  the  extent  of 
the  Creator's  works ! 


164  THE  CONFEDERATE  # 

The  fixed  stars  are  divided  into  classes.  A  few  ^  the 
largest  form  the  first  class.  The  next  in  size  form  the 
second  class,  and  so  down  to  the  seventh — -the  smallest 
that  can  be  seen  without  a  telescope. 

Groups  of  stars  are  called  constellations.  A  noted 
example  of  this  kind  is  what  we  call  the'"  seven  stars.^' 
There  are  very  many  constellations.  Names  have  been 
given  to  them,  and  they  are  well  known  to  astronomers  and 
navigators.  Truly,  "  the  heavens  declare  the  glory  of 
God,  and  the  firmament  showeth  His  handy  work." 

LESSON  CXXIV. 

SAYINGS. 

i,^uarrels  would  never  last  long,  if  the  fault  were  on  one 
side  only. 

Learning,  with  virtue,  is  better  than  houses  and  lands. 

Difficulties  are  only  the  occasions  for  the  development  of 
talents. 

The  laws  of  most  nations  punish  crimes.  Those  of 
China  u J' m^'i  — they  reward  virtue. 

Refrain  from  bitter  words.  There  is  a  difference  of  only 
one  letter  between  words  and  swords. 

The  credit  that  is  gained  by  a  lie  lasts  only  till  the  truth 
comes  out. 

It  is  better  to  correct  one  fault  in  ourselves  than  to  find 
a  hundred  in  our  neighbors. 

Words  of  like  ■proyiimciation^  hut  different  Orthography 
and  Meaning: 

ark,  a  vessel  led,  did  lead 

arc,  of  a  circle  lead,  a  metal 

bin,  for  corn  plum,  fruit 

been,  has  been  plumb,  a  weight 

bell,  to  ring  ring;  'a  circle 

belle,  a  young  lady  wring,  to  twist 

but,  a  conjunction  rude,  rough 

butt,  a  large  vessel  rood,  of  land     ■ 

bred,  brought  up  rest,  repose 

bread,  food  wrest,  to  force 


HfHUilSS  EOOK, 


U& 


It.  > ■  ^owfcmwM vm, ^jw»s ' '  -CTg^y-K.-jm  v^j^^t 


ne\\,  to  dispose  of 
cell,  a  hut  or  cave 
gilt,  with  gold 
guilt,  sin 
herd,  a  drove 
heard,  did  hear 
him,  that  man 
hymn,  a  sacred  song 
hart,  a  deer 
heart,  seat  of  life 
in,  within 
inn,  a  tavern 
kill,  to  slay 
kiln,  for  brick 
all,  every  one 
awl,  an  instrument 
aught,  anything 
ought,  bound  to  do 
hall,  a  large  room 
haul,  to  drag 


rang,  did  ring 
wrung,  twisted 
ruff,  a  ruffle 
rough,  uneven 
sent,  did  send 
cent,  a  coin 
sum,  the  whole 
some,  a  part 
sun,  source  of  light 
son,  a  male  child 
too,  likewise 
two,  twice  one 
ball,  a  round  body 
bawl,  to  cry  aloud 
call,  to  name 
caul,  part  of  the  body 
cord,  a  small  rope 
chord,  in  music 
naught,  bad 
nought,  nothing 


SPICES. 


Swift  somewhere  makes  it  a  query  whether  churches  are 
not  dormitories  for  the  living  as  well  as  the  dead. 

Hannah  Moore  says  the  world  contains  but  two  evils — 
sin  and  bile. 

The  Turks,  notwithstanding  the  "  conscientious  moods'^ 
of  their  verbs,  are  said  to  be  full  of  deception,  and  much 
given  to  lying.  Beware  of  too  much  use  of  ^'  indefinite 
tenses." 

LESSON  CXXV. 
THE    SABBATH    DAY. 

Oil,  welcome  to  the  weary  earth, 

The  Sabbath  resting  comes, 
Gathering  the  sons  of  toil  and  care 

Back  to  their  peaceful  homes ; 


166 


THS  COKFlBliBATl 


And  like  a  portal  to  the  skies, 

Opens  the  house  of  God, 
Where  all  who  seek  may  conie  and  learn 

The  way  the  Savior  trod. 

But  holier  to  the  wanderer  seems 

The  Sabbath  on  the  deep, 
When  on  and  on,  in  ceaseless  course, 

The  toiling  bark  must  keep. 

And  not  a  trace  of  man  appears 

Amid  the  wilderness 
Of  waters — then  it  comes  like  dove 

Direct  from  heaven  to  bless. 

Words  of  like  jyronunciation^  hut  different  Orthography 
and  Meaning. 


cask,  a  barrel 
casque,  armor 
dam,  mother  of  beasts 
damn,  to  condemn- 
dram,  of  liquor 
drachm,  a  weight 
jam,  to  conserve 
jamb,  of  a  door 
berry,  a  fruit 
bur}^,  to  inter 
lessen,  to  make  less 
lesson,  instruction 
succor,  help 
sucker,  a  twig 
pensile,  hanging 
pencil,  a  brash 
rigor,  severity 
rigger,  a  mechanic 
alter,  to  change 
altar,  for  offering 
augur,  a  soothsayer 
auger,  an  instrument 
manner,  form 


rap,  a  blow 
wrap,  to  fold 
tax,  a  rate 
tacks,  small  nails 
bow,  to  bend* 
bough,  a  branch 
flour,  fine  meal 
flow^er,  a  blossom 
foul,  filthy 
fowl,  a  bird 
seller,  a  salesman 
cellar,  roorn  below^ 
cousin,  a  relation 
cozen,  to  cheat 
signet,  of  a  seal 
cygnet,  young  swan 
sealing,  fixing  a  seal 
ceiling,  of  a  wall 
vial,  a  bottle 
viol,  an  instrument 
cannon,  a  gun 
canon,  a  rule 
choler,  rage 


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manor,  lordship  collar,  of  a  garment 

pallet,  a  bed  profit,  gain 

pallette,  painter's  board  prophet,  foreteller 

mantle,  garment  assent,  agreement 

mantel,  chimney-piece  ascent,  steepness 

COMPLATSANCE. 

If  we  wish  the  good  will  and  esteem  of  our  acquaint- 
ances, our  good  breeding  must  be  active,  cheerful  and 
winning. 

Answer  in  a  pleasant  and  cheerful  manner  when  spoken 
io.  Do  not  sit  while  others  stand.  Do  everything  with 
an  air  of  benevolent  delight — not  with  a  sour  look  and  an 
indifferent  manner  as  if  you  did  it  unwillingly. 

LESSON  CXXVI. 

OYERDOING. 

A  Chinese  being  asked  how  his  countrymen  would 
express  the  phrase  "  Overdoing  a  business,"  replied:  ^'By 
a  hunchback  making  a  bow." 

THE  MUSKET. 

A  son  of  "  Green  Erin  "  being  asked  whether  he  had 
ever  known  anything  about  a  certain  musket  that  was  in 
dispute,  replied:  Faith,  yesj  I've  known  it  ever  since  it 
was  SLj^istoL 

Words  of  like  pronunciation^  hut  different  Orthography 
and  Meaning. 

ere,  before    •  blue,  a  color 
heir,  inheritor  blew^  did  blow 
bare,  naked  bore,  to  make  a  hole 
bear,  to  suffer  boar,  a  beast 
beet,  a  root  bale,  a  package 
beat,  to  strike  bail,  surety- 
beer,  a  liquor  bay,  of  the  ocean 
bier,  for  the  dead  Bey,  Turkish  officer 
bow,  to  shoot  with  borne,  carried 
beau,  a  gay  fellow  bourn,  boundary 


!8 


tn%  soKttsnmA'm 


■^■aap^c^f:^ 


coarse,  not  floe 
course,  direction 
cote,  a  sheepfold 
coat,  a  garment 
fare,  food 
fair,  beautiful 
fain  gladly 
feign,  to  pretend 
grate,  for  coals 
great,  large 
hare,  an  animal 
Lair,  of  the  head 
hue,  color 
hew,  to  cut 
hole,  a  cavity 
whole,  entire 
meat,  food 
meet,  to  assemble 
mete,  measure 
leaf,  of  a  plant 
lief,  willingly 
lone,  single 
loan,  lent 
mean,  low 
mien,  manner 


core,  the  heart 

corps,  a  body  of  soldiers 

deer,  an  animal 

dear,  costly 

flee,  to  run  away 

flea,  an  insect 

freeze,  to  congeal  ^ 

frieze,  in  architecture 

frieze,  coarse  cloth 

heel,  of  the  foot 

heal,  to  cure 

here,  in  this  place 

hear,  to  hearken 

high,  lofty 

hie,  to  hasten 

I,  myself 

eye,  organ  of  sight 

key,  an  instrument 

quay,  a  wharf 

leek,  a  root 

leak,  to  run  out 

lyre,  a  harp 

liar,  one  who  tells  lies 

moan,  to  lament 

mown,  cut  down 


LESSON  CXXVII. 

ANECDOTES.  " 

A  little  hoy  having  often  heard  of  the  Green  Mountains, 
and  thinking  it  strange  that  they  continued  so  long  in  that 
condition,  enquired  of  his  father  how  long  it  would  be  till 
those  mountains  were  ripe, 

A  splendid  organ  was  once  placed  in  a  newly  arecied 
church.  A  Quaker,  who  had  heard  its  rich  tones  with 
j^reat  delight,  said  to  the  pastor  of  the<;hurch:  "  Friend 
William,  as  it  is  thy  wont  to  praise  God  by  machinery,  I 
rejoice  with  thee  that  thou  hast  ;?o  fine  an  instrument 
wherewith  to  do  so !  '^ 


SPELLING  BOOK. 


169 


Words  of  like  pronunciation^  hut  different  Orthography 
aiid  Meaning, 

nave,  of  a  wheel  ore,  metal 

knave,  a  dishonest  man     oar,  a  paddle 


new,  not  old 
knew,  did  know 
pare,  to  cut  off 
pair,  a  couple 
pear,  a  fruit 
place,  situation 
plaice,  a  fish 
raze,  to  demolish 
raise,  to  lift  up 
rain,  falling  drops 
reign,  to  rule 
rein,  of  a  bridle 
sale,  selling 
sail,  of  a  ship 
seen,  beheld 
scene,  of  a  play- 
see,  to  behold 
sea,  the  ocean 
slow,  tardy- 
sloe,  a  fruit 
sole,  of  the  foot 
soul,  the  spirit 
stile,  steps 
style,  language 
strait,  narrow 
straight,  not  crooked 
slay,  to  kill 
sley,  of  a  loom 
sleigh,  a  vehicle 
vane,  a  weather  guide 
vain,  worthless 
vein,  for  the  blood 
week,  seven  days 
weak,  feeble 

H 


pane,  of  glass 
pain,  suffering 
peace,  quietude 
piece,  a  part 
peer,  a  nobleman 
pier,  a  column 
pray,  to  beseech 
prey,  plunder 
plate,  a  dish 
plait,  a  fold 
rye,  corn 
wry,  crooked 
rite,  ceremony 
write,  to  form  "letters 
Wright,  a  workman 
sow,  to  scatter 
sew,  with  a  needle 
slight,  to  despise 
sleight,  dexterity- 
sore,  an  ulcer  ' 
soar,  to  rise 
steel,  a  metal 
steal,  to  pilfer 
tale,  a  story 
tail,  the  end 
toe,  of  the  foot 
tow,  to  drag 
vale,  a  valley 
veil,  a  covering 
waste,  to  spend 
waist,  of  the  body 
you,  yourself 
yew,  a  tree 


170 


THE  CONFEDERATE 


LESSON  CXXYIII. 

THE  RAINBOW. 

Triumplial  areh,  that  fill'st  the  sky, 

When  storms  prepare  to  part, 
I  ask  not  proud  philosophy 

To  tell  me  what  thou  art. 

Still  seem  as  to  my  childhood's  sight, 

A  midway  station  given, 
For  happy  spirits  to  alight, 

Betwixt  the  earth  and  heaven. 

Words  which  nearly  Teser)ible  each  other  in  Sound^  hut 
differ  both  in  their  Orthography  and  their  Meaning ; 


ait,  atmosphere 
are,  plural  of  is 
accept,  to  receive 
except,  to  take  out 
affect,  to  move 
effect,  to  perform 
accede,  to  agree 
exceed,  to  surjDass 
acre,  a  piece  of  land 
achor,  a  scald  head 
access,  approach 
excess,  what  is  over 
allusion,  reference 
ilhisioD,  deception 
elusion,  escape 
♦  acts,  deeds 
axe,  a  tool 
assay,  to  test 
essay j'  attempt 
affusion,  pouring  on 
effusion,  pouring  out 
allowed,  permitted 
aloud,  with  a  noise 
errand,  a  message 


elicit,  to  draw  out 
illicit,  unlawful 
earn,  to  deserve 
urn,  vessel  for  remains 
emerge,  to  come  out 
immerge,  to  plunge 
fat,  obese 
vat,  a  tub 
gesture,  motion 
jester,  a  joker 
harsh,  severe 
hash,  fine  meat 
idle,  not  busy 
idol,  a  false  god 
impostor,  a  deceiver 
imposture,  deception 
naughty,  bad 
knotty,  full  of  knots 
ingenuous,  frank 
ingenious,  having  skill 
morse,  the  sea  horse 
moss,  lichen 
line,  a  cord 
loin,  part  of  the  body 


SPELLING  BOOK.  171 


errant,  wandering  loom,  for  weaving 
addition,  act  of  adding  loam,  earth 
edition,  act  of  publishing  medal,  a  coin 
ballad,  a  song  meddle,  to  interpose 
ballot,  a  vote  pint,  half  a  quart 
creak,  to  make  a  noise  point,  sharp  end 
creek,  a  stream  radish,  a  root 
clothes,  garments  reddish,  slightly  red 
close,  the  end  since,  after,  in  time 
consort,  husband  or  wife  sense,  faculty  or  feeling 
concert,  harmony  tenor,  course  continued 
descent,  falling  tenure,  holding- 
dissent,  to  disagree  talents,  endowments 
decease,  death  talons,  claws 
disease,  sickness  valley,  space  between  hills 
dost,  thou  dost  value,  worth  of  a  thing 
dust,  fine  powder 

LESSON  CXXIX. 

ANECDOTES. 

A  gentleman,  whose  name  was  "  Rice,*'  married  a  lady 
by  the  name  of  "  Bacon/'  An  editor  having  announced 
their  marriage,  thus  gave  vent  to  his  rljyme  : 

"What  strange,  fantastic,  airy  whims. 

By  different  folks  are  taken  ; 
She  sups  upon  a  dish  of  "Rice," 

While  he  prefers  the  "  Bacon." 

They  tell  of  a  man  down  East,  who  is  so  much  opposed 
to  capital  punishment  that  he  refuses  to  hang  his  gate. 

A  Western  farmer,  it  is  said,  declines  raising  poultry, 
ipst  he  should  get  "  hen-pecked." 

TABLES  OF  SUFFIXES. 

Primitive  words  are  those  which  cannot  be  reduced  to 
any  simpler  form  in  our  language  :     Teach,  icrite,  learn. 

Suffixes  are  letters  or  syllables  appended  .to  certain 
words  to  vary  their  force,  form  and  signification. 


172  THE  CONFEDERATE 

FuL,  at  the  end  of  a  word,  means  full  of,  or  abounding 
in:  Mirtb,  mirthful;  health,  healthful;  hurt,  hurtful; 
hate,  hateful ;  guile,  guileful ;  right^  rightful ;  care,  careful. 

Less,  the  opposite  of /w?,  denotes  destitution  ov  want : 
Art,  artless;  guilt,  guiltless;  sense,  senseless;  track,' 
trackless. 

IsH  denotes  likeness^  or  somewhat  like  :  Brute,  brutish ; 
white,  whitish  ;  clown,  clownish;  boor,  boorish. 

En,  as  a  suffix,  implies  made  of  or  to  make :  Hard, 
harden ;  soft,  soften ;  Wack,  blacken ;  oak,  oaken ;  beech, 
beechen ;  gold,  golden  ;  flax,  flaxen. 

REJOICE  IN  THE  LORD. 

Although  the  fig  tree  sh^ll  not  blossom,  neither  shall 
there  be  fruit  in  the  vines,  the  labor  of  the  olive  shall  fail, 
and  the  fields  shall  yield  no  meat ;  the  flock  shall  be  cut 
ofi'  from  the  fold,  and  there  shall  be  no  herd  in  the  stalls, 
yet  will  I  rejoice  in  the  Lord  ;  I  will  joy  in  the  God  of 
my  salvation.  Bible. 

LESSON  CXXX. 

MAY,  FLORA  AND  SPRING. 

Hail,  bounteous  May,  that  dost  inspire 
Mirth,  youth  and  warm  desire  ; 
Woods  and  groves  are  of  thy  dressing. 
Hill  and  dale  do  boast  thy  blessing. 

How  Flora  decks  the  fields, 
With  all  her  tapestry  !  and  the  choristers 
Of  every  grove  chaunt  carols  !  mirth  is  come 
To  visit  mortals.     Everything  is  blythe, 
Jocund  and  jovial. 

Come,  gentle  spring,  ethereal  mildness,  come, 

And  from  the  bosom  of  yon  dropping  cloud,  * 

While  music  wakes  around,  veird  in  a  shower 

Of  shadowing  roses,  on  our  plains  descend. 

Tables  of  Suffixes, 

Er,  ok,  1ST,  STER,  EE  and  ESS  mean  the  person  who, 
or  the  thing  which.     Ess  is  used  to  denote  females  only : 


SPELLING  BOOK.  173 


Vend,  vender;  visit,  visiter;  team,  teamster;  priest, 
priestess  ;  lion,  Honest j  art,  artist;  grant,  grantor,  grantee  ; 
debt,  debtor. 

Ly  denotes  like,  or  in  a  manner:  Man,  manly;  wise, 
wisely;  king,  kingly;  deaf,  deafly  ;  mean,  rneanly  ;  scholar, 
scliolarly;  grave,  gravely. 

Ed  denotes  what  is  done  to  a  person  or  thing  :  Wound, 
wounded;  sound,  sounded;  fold,  folded;  call,  called; 
delight,  delighted  ;  end,  ended. 

Ness  denotes  the  abstract  quality  of,  or  the  state  of: 
Good^  goodness;  bad,  badness;  white,  whiteness;  rude, 
rudeness  ;  blue,  blueness  ;  swift,  swiftness. 

Ble,  able  and  ible  denote  capacity  uf,  or  fitness,  or 
worthiness  of :  Value,  valuable  ;  blame,  blameable;  com- 
mend, commendable  ;.  dcf^ire,  desirable ;  warrant,  warrant- 
able; resist,  resistible';  contempt,  contemptible. 

Ic,  AL  and  ICAL  denote  j^^rtaining  to,  relating  to,  or  like: 
Angel,  angelical ;  method,  methodical ;  prophet,  pro- 
pketic,  prophetical ;  poet,  poetic,  poetical ;  synod,  synodic, 
synodical. 

LESSON  CXXXI. 

FILIAL    DEVOTION. 

Some  feelings  are  to  mortals  given, 

With  less  of  earth  in  them  than  heaven ; 

And  if  there  be  a  human  tear. 

From  passion's  dross  refined  and  clear, 

A  tear  so  limpid  and  so  meek. 

It  would  not  stain  an  angel's  cheek, 

'Tis  that  which  pious  fathers  shed 

Upon  a  duteous  daughter's  head. 

Tahles  of  Suffijxes. 

Ion  and  ment  express  the  state  o/,  the  act  of,  or  result 
of:  Relate,  relation  ;  create,  creation  ;  conclude,  conclu- 
sion; state,  statement;  reduce,  reduction;  amend,  amend- 
ment; subject,  subjection;  atone,  atonement. 

IZE  signifies  to  make^  to  cause,  or  to  assimilate  :  Brute, 
brutalize;  legal,  legalize;  Pagan,  Paganize;  christian, 
christianize ;  idol,  idolize ;  signal,  signalize ;  canon, 
canonize. 


174  THE  CONFEDEKATE 

Fy  signifies  to  make  or  become:  Amplify,  to  make 
ample ;  fructify,  to  make  fruitful ;  classify,  to  form  into 
classes ;  verify,  to  make  known  the  truth. 

Note. — Ing  and  ation  are  often  added  to  words  ending 
in  FY ;  the  former  denoting  continuance^  and  the  latter  the 
act  of,  01' sitate  of:  Amplify,  amplifying,  amplification; 
multiply,  multiplying,  multiplication  ;  rectify,  rectifying, 
rectification  ;  solidify,  solidifying,  solidification. 

LESSON  CXXXI. 

FILIAL   DEVOTION. 

Some  feelings  are  to  mortals  given, 
With  less  of  earth  in  them  than  heaven; 
An4  if  there  he  a  human  tear, 
From  passions  dross  refined  and  clear, 
A  tear  so  limpid  and  so  me^k. 
It  would  not  stain  an  angel's  cheek, 
'Tis  that  which  pious  fathers  shed 
Upon  a  duteous  daughter's  head. 

Tables  of  Suffixes. 

Ion  and  ment  express  the  state  of  the  act  of  or  result 
of:  Kelate,  relation ;  create,  creation ;  conclude,  con- 
clusion; state,  statement;  reduce,  reduction;  amend, 
amendment;  subject,  subjection;  atone,  atonement. 

IzE  signifies  to  make,  to  cause,  or  to  assimilate :  Brute, 
brutalize ;  legal,  legalize ;  Pagan,  Paganize ;  Christian, 
Christianize ;  idol,  idolize ;  signal,  signalize ;  canon,  can- 
onize. 

Fy  signifiesl^^o  make,  or  become:.  Amplify,  to  make 
ample;  fructify,  to  make  fruitful;  classify,  to  form  into 
classes ;  verify,  to  make  known  the  truth. 

Note. — Inq  and  ation  are  often  added  to  words  ending 
in  F¥ — the  former  denoting  continuance.,  and  the  latter  the 
act  of  or  state  of :  Amplify,  amplifying,  amplification  ; 
multiply,  multiplying,  multiplification  ;  rectify,  rectifying, 
rectification;  solidify,  solidifying,  solidification. 

Ance,  ence,  ancy,  enoy  denote  the  act  x)f  state  of  or  the 
thing  ivhich,  or  person  who:  Annoy,  annoyance;  abhor, 
abhorrence;  disturb,  disturbance;  emerge,  emergency; 
connive,  connivance;  expect,  expectancy. 


Si^ELLINa  BOOK.  175 


Note. — Ant  and  ent  commonly  denote  the  person  whoj 
or  the  tJiinff  which  :  Defendant,  one  who  defends  ;  depend- 
ent, one  who  depends  upon  something  else ;  absorbent,  that 
which  absorbs ;  corroborant,  that  which  corroborates. 

TiVE  and  sivE  imply  tendency  to,  ov  nature  of:  Res- 
torative, tending  to  restore;  abusive,  having  the  nature  of 
abuse ;  creative,  power  or  tendency  to  create  ;  expansive, 
tending  to  expand. 

Cry,  TORY  and  sory  denote  nature  ofjylace  of ,  power 
of:  Prohibitory,  power  of  prohibiting-  laudatory,  tend- 
ing to,  or  having  the  nature  of  laudation  or  praise ;  deposi- 
tory, place  of  depositing ;  dispensatory,  place  of  dispensing ; 
observatory,  place  of  watch  or  observation. 

The  best  physicians  are  Dr.  Diet,  Dr.  Quiet  and  Dr. 
Merry  man. 

LESSON  CXXXII. 
GOD'S    KINGDOM. 

1.  The  Lord  Jehovah  reigns, 
And  royal  state  maintains. 

His  head  with  awful  glories  cro^  LW; 
Arrayed  in  robes  of  light, 
Begirt  with  sovereign  might, 
And  rays  of  majesty  around. 

2.  Uphold  by  Thy  commands, 
The  world  securely  stands. 

And  skies  and  stars  obey  Thy  word; 
Thy  throne  was  fixed  on  high 
Ere  stars  adorned  the  sky  ; 
Eternal  is  Thy  kingdom,  Lord  ! 

SOLITUDE. 

0  sacred  solitude  !  Divine  retreat ! 
Choice  of  the  prudent!  envy  of  the  great! 
By  the  pure  stream,  or  in  the  waving  shade, 
We  court  fair  wisdom,  that  celestial  maid  : 
The  genuine  offspring  of  her  loved  embrace — 
Strangers  on  earth — are  innocence  and  peace. 


176  THE  CONFEDERATE 

Tables  of  Suffixes. 

Cy  and  ity  denote  state  or  condition,  quality  or  capa- 
city :  Solid,  solidity ;  calid,  calidity ;  able,  ability ;  ductile, 
ductility  ;  sterile;  sterility ;  accurate,  accuracy ;  conipetent, 
competency;  urgent,  urgency. 

Ous  denotes  like,  partaking  of,  or  full  of:  Peril,  peril- 
ous; danger,  dangerous;  fury,  furious;  ruin,  ruinous; 
venom,  venomous  ;  valor,  valorous ;  pomp,  pompqus, 

BiLiTY  and  bleness  denote  the  property  or  quality  of, 
capacity,  susceptibility  or  fitness :  Compress,  compressi- 
bility ;  cliange,  changeableness ;  conform,  conformability ; 
diffuse,  diifusableness  ;  desire,  desirableness. 

Hood,  ship  and  age  denote  office,  state,  rank  or  condi- 
tion: Man,  manhood;  boy,  boyhood  ;  friend,  friendship  ; 
scholar,  scholarship;  lord,  lordship;  pupil,'pupilage;  vas- 
sal, vassalage ;  waste,  wastage ;  cord,  cordage. 

READING. 
Boys !  read  something  useful  every  day — something  to 
reflect  upon  and  talk  about  while  you  are  at  work,  or  as 
you  pass  along  the  road.  Be  observant.  Notice  every- 
thing. C^MtYyCrse  with  the  wise  and  the  good.  Store  your 
minds  early  in  youth  with  wredom.  Crowd  in  a  little 
every  day.  Neglect  not  th«*  Bible.  It  is  the  only  true 
chart  of  life.  The  ways  of  that  wisdom  which  it  teaches 
are  ways  of  pleasantness,  and  all  her  paths  are  peace. 

LESSON  CXXXIII. 

SLANDER. 
A  whisper  woke  the  air — ' 
A  soft,  light  tone  and  low, 
Yet  barbed  with  shame  and  woe — 
Now  might  it  only  perish  there, 
Nor  farther  go  I 

Ah,  me  !  a  quick  and  eager  ear 
Caught  up  the  little  meaning  sound  ! 
Another  voice  has  breathed  it  clear, 
An.d  so  it  wanders  round 
From  ear  to  lip — from  lip  to  ear — 
Until  it  reached  a  gentle  heart. 
And  that — it  hroke  ! 


SPELLING  BOOK.  177 

Tables  of  Prefixes. 

Prefixes  are  letters,  syllables  or  words  placed  hefore 
other  words  to  vary  their  form,  and  change  or  modify  their 
signification:  -Place,  m^sp]ace;  true,  .,;^true;  believe, 
ai*beiieve;  form,  conform.  ' 

Un  is  negative,  and  denotes  not,  or  the  opposite  of,  that 
which  was  before  affirmed:  Like,  unlike;  able,  unable: 
wilhng,  unwilling;  pleasant,  unpleasant. 

Mis  means  ivrong,  erroneous  or  ill :   Use,  misuse  ;  spend, 
misspend;    rule,    misrule;    lay,    mislay;  take,    mistake 
name,  misuame.  ' 

Pre  denotes  before:  Suppose,  presuppose;  engao-e 
pre-engage;  conceive,  preconceive;  meditate,  premeditare- 
examine,  pre-examine;  dispose,  predisposed.  ' 

Re  implies  again,  back  or  repetition  :  AVrite,  rewrite  • 
compose,  recompose;  unite;  reunite;  construct,  recon- 
struct ;  place,  replace  ;  iraburse,  reimburse. 

E,  EX,  EF  and  EC  are  the  same.  They  mean  out,  out  of 
from :  Educe  [from  duco  I  lead  and  c  out]  means  to  lead 
or  draw  out;  elope,  to  run  away;  expel,  to  drive  away; 
effuse,  to  pour  out;  extirpate,  to  rcot out ;  eclectic,  chosen 
out ;  extract,  to  draw  out. 

Im,  in,  il  and  m  have  the  same  meaning—that  of 
destitution  or  want:  Proper,  improper;  pure,  impure- 
secure,  insecure;  complete,  incomplete;  legal,  illerral- 
logical,  illogical;  regular,  irregular  ;  resistible,  irresisti'ble' 

1)1,  Dis  and  DIE  have  the  same  meaning— o8.s?<7?,:/er  sepa 
ration,    dwision:     Join,    disjoin;    agree,   disagree;' robe, 
disrobe;  fuse,  diffuse;  divide,  [video  I  see,  and  di  ^Hun. 
der]  separate  into  parts;  differ  [/ero,  I  bear  or  carry,  and 
di  or  dis  asunder]  to  be  wide  apart,  or  very  unlike  •  use 
disuse;  like,  dislike;  form,  difform.  '        ' 

A  narrow-minded  person  has  not  a  single  thought  beyond 
he  little  sphere  of  his   own  vision.     The  snail,  says  the 
Hindoo,  sees  nothing  but  his  own  shell,  and  thinks  it  the 
grandest  palace  in  the  universe. 


H 


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178  THE  COSTFEDERATE 

LESSON  GXXXIV. 

HONEY    AND    FLIES. 

A   TABLE. 

Honey  was  poured  out  in  a  wide  dish.  Flies  were 
enticed  by  it.  But  having  lit  Kpon  it,  they  sank  down  into 
it,  became  entangled,  and  could  no  more  escape. 

"■  How  cruel,"  said  one  of  them,  "  is  this  flattering 
sweet  I  It  first  enticesy  then  kills."  So  with  all  sinful 
pleasures. 

Tables  of  Prefixes. 

Col,  com,  con,  co,  cor,  arc  only  different  forms  of 
con,  together ;  and  they  mean  ^cith,  together,  Jointure, 
tmion  :  Heir,  coheir;  press,  compress ;  mingle,  commin- 
gle ;  locate,  collocate;  migrate,  commigrate  ;^ relative,  cor- 
relative; partner,  co-partner. 

'  Ad  means  to,  and  from  it  are  formed  AC,  af,  al,  an,  ap, 
AS,  at,  all  of  which  mean  to  :  Adjoin,  admit,  affix,  ally, 
annex,  affy,  anoint,  appoint,  assent,  assort,  attune,  attach, 
accept,  accrue,  accord. 

In  takes  the  form  of  IIM,  IL,  IR,  the  general  meaning  of 
whieh  is  in  or  upon:  Press,  impress;  come,  income; 
impose,  imprint,  insult,  induce,  iufuse,  inflame,  inhale, 
iilude,  illume,  irrode. 

N'ote. — In  sometimes  implies  negation:  Irregular,  not 
regular  ;  irresistible,  not  to  be  resisted. 

Bi  means  two  or  double :  Biform,  bicornous,  bisect, 
biangular,  bicorporal,  bimanous,  biennial,  biped,  bivalve. 

Inter  means  between  :  Intermix,  interleave,  interlink, 
intervene,  interweave,  intermarry,  interline,  intermeddle, 
intercept,  interchange,  interjacent. 

Trans  and  ultra  mean  over  or  beyond :  Transalpine, 
transmarine,  transatlantic,  translucent,  transgress,  trans- 
pose, transmit,  transcend,  transform,  translate,  ultra  mun- 
dane, ultra  mural,  ultra  marine. 


Unsafe. — A  sea-captaia  declared  in  relation  to  a  fa«t 
sailing  belle  of  the  upper  ten  grade,  who  was  glittering 
with  gorgeous  silks  and  costly  jewelry,  '^  It  is  an  unsafe 
vessel  where  the  rigging  is  worth  more  than  the  hull.'' 


SPELLING  BOOK.  170 

LESSON  CXXXV. 

SLEEP. 

Oh  !  liglitly,  lightly  tread  ! 

A  holy  thing  is  sleep, 
On  the  worn  spirit  shed. 

And  eyes  that  wake  to  weep  ! 


^ 


Tired  nature's  sweet  restorer,  balmy  sleep  ! 

He,  like  the  world,  his  ready  visit  pays 

Where  fortune  smiles;  the  wretched  he  forsakes;     s 

Swif c  on  his  downy  pinion  flies  from  woe, 

And  lights  on  lids  unsullied  with  a  tear. 

Tables  of  Prefixes. 

Pro  means  he/ore,  forth  or  forward :  Procure,  proceed 
produce,   provide,  provoke,    progression,  propelling,  pro- 
genitor. 

Per  means  through,  hj/,  thoroughh/j  or  ly  means  of: 
Perchance,  per  day,  pervade,  perform,  perfect,  permit,  per- 
suade, perjure,  perforate,  persecute. 

Mono  means  one  :  Monocular,  monogram,  monosyllable 
monochromatic,  monomania,  monologue. 

PoiA'  means  mani/  :  Polysyllable,  polyglot,  polytheism, 
polyanthus,  polypede,  polymorphous. 

Omni,  pan  and  panto  mean  all:  Omniscient,  omni- 
present, omnipotent,  omnivorous,  omniferous,  panoply, 
pantomime. 

Uni  means  mie  :  Uniform,  univalve,  univocal,  universe, 
unison,  unanimous. 

MuLTi  means  many :  Multiform,  multiangular,  multi- 
nominal,  multifarious,  multilateral. 

Equi  means  equal :  Equidistant,  equiangular,  equinox, 
equiponderate,  equivocal,  equiform,  eq*uivalent. 

Anti  means  against:  Antichrist,  antifebrile,  antipodes, 
anticontagious,  antimonarchical. 

Em  and  en  mean  in  or  into.  They  also  intensify: 
Embitter,  enhance,  enrich,  entrap,  enmesh,  enwrap,  entan» 
gle,  ensure,  enchain,  embolden,  empower,  ensnare. 

Demi,  hemi  and  semi  mean  half:     Demigod,  den\^ 


180  TSS  OOKFBBEBATE 

man,  demidevil,  hemisphere,  semitone,  semilunar,  semi- 
circle, semiannual. 

Tri  means  three :   Triangle,  triform,  tripod,  triennial. 


Not  a  Dust  Hole. — A  gentleman  opened  his  snuff- 
box, and,  holding  it  out  to  his  friend,  politely  invited  him 
to  take  a  pinch  of  snuff.  To  this  the  other  replied  :  '^  No, 
I  thank  you,  sir ;  my  Maker  never  made  my  nose  for  a 
dnst  hoUj  or  he  would  not  have  turned  it  wrong  end  up. 

LESSON  OXXXVI. 

THE  SOLDIER. 

How  beautiful  in  death 

The  warrior's  corse  appears, 
Embalm'd  by  fond  affection's  breath, 

And  bathed  in  woman's  tears. 

Give  me  the  death  of  those 

Who  for  their  country  die  ; 
And  oh  !  be  mine  like  their  repose, 

When  cold  and  low  they  lie  I 

Their  loveliest  mother  earth 

Enshrines  the  fallen  brave, 
In  her  sweet  lap  who  gave  them  birth, 

They  find  their  tranquil  grave. 

Tables  of  Prefixes. 

Super,  supra  and  sur  mean  over,  hei/ond^  upon  : 
Superhuman,  superabound,  supervene,  supervise,  .super- 
scribe, surpass,  surmount^  surcharge,  survive,  supravulgar, 
superangelic,  superfine,  surcingle,  surtout,  superadd. 

Sub  and  subter  mean  binder  :  These  change  into  sue, 
swp  and  suf,  but  retain  the  meaning  of  mh :  Submit, 
submarine,  subastral,  sublunary^  subterrene,  subside,  suc- 
cumb, succor,  support,  suppose,  subjugate,  subterfluent. 

Ob  means  hefore  or  opposite.  It  changes  also  into  oc. 
ofy  op  and  OS ;  Object,  oppose,  occur,  offer,  oblige,  oppugn, 
obligate,  ostend,  ostensible. 

Betro  means  hack  :     Ketrospect,  retrograde. 


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Bene  means  well:  Benevolent,  beneficent,  benefit,  bene- 
factor. 

Mal  and  male  mean  had :  Maltreat,  malpractice,  mal- 
content, maladminister,  malformation. 

De  means  doivn,  off,  from:  Depress,  derive,  depose, 
denude,  derange,  decamp,  dethrone. 

CiRCUM  means  round :  Circumvolve,  circumfluent, 
circumscribe,  circumpolar,  circumspection,  circumambient, 
circumference. 

Ante  means  before  :  Antedate,  antecede,  antemeridian, 
antemundane,  antecedent. 

Post  means  after  :  Postpone,  postscript,  postmeridian, 
posterior,  postdiluvian,  postmortem. 


Philip,  king  of  Macedon,  when  wrestling  at  the  Olympic 
games,  fell  down  in  the  sand.  Having  arisen,  he  beheld 
the  print  of  his  body  in  the  place  where  he  had  fallen,  and 
•exclaimed  :  "  0,  how  small  a  portion  of  earth  will  hold  vs 
when  we  are  dead,  who  are  ambitiously  striving  after  the 
whole  world  while  we  are  living  ! " 

LESSON  CXXXVII. 

DEFECTIVE     EDUCATION. 
"past   wrecks   give    fearful   warnings." 

The  defects  of  early  education  are  a  species  of  ''  fretting 
leprosy,'^  which  cleaves  to  its  subjects  to  the  day  of  their 
death.  Even  when  those  defects  are  not  of  the  most 
glaring  character,  still  they  are  like  the  blighting  East 
wind  let  in  upon  all  the  fair  pastures  of  life. 

To  persons  in  prominent  public  stations-,  they  occasion 
*'  deaths  oft'^;  and,  at  the  same  time,  inflict  the  deepest 
mortification  upon  all  their  admirers  and  friends.  Take 
the  following  examples  as  specimens  : 

A  pursy  old  gentleman,  who  had  spelled  ''  dimes  and 
dollars "  more  frequently  than  any  other  words  in  the 
English  language,  proposed  to  a  brilliant  assemblage  at  a 
Governor's  levee,  that  they  should  drink  a  toast  to  "  The 
three  R  R  ^."  On  being  asked  for  an  explanation,  he 
replied  he  meant,  '^  ReadiUy  Eitm,  and  Ekhmetic." 

A  man  of  mark  for  means  and  influence  in  his  own 
neighborhood,  informed   his  factors   that  "weynd^'  and 


132  'fHB  OONFEDERATl 


^'  weothur  "  permitting,  he  would  visit  them  the  next  week. 
A  waggish  member  of  the  firm,  on  receipt  of  his  letter, 
remarked :  "  Our  old  friend  must  recently  have  acquired 
some  prodigious  electrical  influences,  for  he  has  raised  one 
of  the  most  awful  spells  of  weather  I  have  ever  wit- 
nessed/' 

A  lady  who  had  exchanged  a  swamp  plantation  for  a 
palace  in  a  city,  informed  her  friends  that  since  she  "  had 
came  "  to  reside  in  the  city,  she  had  taken  quite  a  '^  lika- 
tion  "  to  literature. 

A  good  old  lady,  who  kept  a  public  house  in  a  certain 
villao^e,  having  learned  that  an  eclipse  of  the  sun  would  be 
"  visible  "  at  that  place,  the  next  day,  went  earnestly  to 
work,  preparing  for  the  reception  of  a  great  crowd.  In- 
quiry for  the  cause  of  all  that,  was  made  by  her  neigh- 
bors. Her  reply  was,  that  the  Eclijyse  was  coming  to  town 
to-morrow — everybody  would  be  there  to  see  it,  and  she 
must  prepare  to  accommodate  as  many  as  she  could ! 

A  miss  in  her  advanced  "  teens/'  who  boasted  of  spend- 
ing most  of  her  time  in  "readin  and  writin,''  was  asked 
which  she  mostly  wrote,  poetry  or  prose :  '^  O,  na-ra  one," 
said  she,  "  I  write  small  hand  !  " 

A  French  clergyman  having  laid  down  the  law  of  duty, 
strono-ly  urged  upon  his  congregation  compliance  with  it 
on  the  ground  of  the  relation  subsisting  between  them ; 
viz :  that  he  was  their  shepherd,  and  they  were  his 
<•'  muttons." 

An  Englishman  comforted  his  people  under  sore  trials 
by  telling  them  that  the  '*  harm  of  the  Lord  "  was  around 
them  for  protection.  Another  read  of  the  ^^  Angle  of 
the  church,"  instead  of  the  Angel. 

And  still  another  informed  his  auditors  that  he  would 
read  for  their  edification  a  portion  of  the  Pefsams  " — that 
is  the  psalms  ! 

TiESSON   CXXXVIII. 

BLISS    FROM    SORROW. 

What  bliss  is  born  of  sorrow  ? 

'Tis  never  sent  in  vain — 
The  Heavenly  surgeon  maims  to  save. 

He  gives  no  needless  pain. 


SPELLING  BOOK,  188 


DEFECTIVE    EDUCATION". 
[continued,] 

A  young  lady  of  fine  personal  appearance,  but  who  had 
more  of  Juno  than  Minerva  in  her  composition,  on  bein<>" 
asked;  in  the  midst  of  a  brilliant  literary  circle,  if  she  had 
ever  road  the  ^*  Last  of  the  Mohegans,"  with  a  captivating 
lisp  on  her  tongue,  promptly  replied :  ''  No,  sir,  I  never  got 
that  yet ;  but  I  read  the  first  some  time  ago." 

Many  an  Englishman  calls  for  "  ot  hoysters."  instead  of 
hot  oysters. 

A  planter  says  of  his  low  lands  :  *'  They  are  very  prol- 
ifiss" — meaning  prolific. 

A  man  of  great  wealth  ordered  a  "statute^'  of  Wash- 
ington to  adorn  his  grounds. 

Another  denounced  his  factors  because  when  he  ordered 
a  carn'a(/e,  they  bought  "for  him  a  "  ve-hick-kle  "  -,  and 
declared  that  no  such  "critter"  should  come  upon  his 
premises.     - 

A  certain  lady  has  procured  a  portion  of  the  *'  saliva  " 
of  Mount  Vesuvius  for  her  cabinet.  She  is  very  anxious 
also  to  visit  the  '^  Niagara  Springs." 

"  Which  do  you  admire  most,  Ctcsar  or  Pompey  ?  "  said 
a  literary  savau  to  his  domestic  beauty.  "  That,"  said  she, 
"  depends  on  the  use  one  has  for  them.  Cassar  is  the  best 
field  hand  ;  but  Pompey  is  the  best  cook."  On  receipt  of 
this  response,  the  learned  gentleman,  without  wailing  to 
witness  the  prowess  of  Cajsar  as  Field  Marshal,  or  test  the 
culinary  skill  of  Pompey,  made  his  own  desert  and  left  for 
parts  unknown. 

The  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Eepresentatives,  in  the 
Legislature  of  one  of  the  States,  declared  that  if  they 
should  so  disgrace  humanity  as  to  pass  a  bill  that  was  then 
up  for  consideration,  he  would  forsake  civilized  society  and 
take  up  his  abode  among  the  "  Ah-ro-ghines.'* 

A  fashionable  lady  declared  that  she  had  seen  the 
wounded  General  carried  ofi"  upon  an  '^  avalanche,"  and 
she  heard  his  groans  "  visibli/y  quite  visibJi/  !" 

The  friends  of  a  Governor  elect  of  one  of  the  States 
beyond  the  line,  advised  him  to  procure,  as  part  of  hie 
outfit,  a  fino  library — named  many  standard  works,  and 


184  THE  CONFEDERATE 

then  '^  miscellaneous  '*  books.  He  replied  that  the  first 
named  sets  of  books  he  would  procure;  but  as  lor  Miss 
Lany's,  she  might  keep  her's  till  doomsday,  for  he  never 
would  have  in  his  library  a  book  ^'  icrote  hy  a  woman," 

LESSON  CXXXIX. 

STEADFAST     HOPE. 

While  floating  on  life's  troubled  sea, 

By  storms  and  tempests  driven, 
Hope,  with  her  radiant  finger  points, 

To  brighter  scenes  in  H«aven. 

She  bids  the  storms  of  life  to  cease, 

The  troubled  breast  be  calm  ; 
And  in  the  wounded  breast  she  pours 

Religion  s  healing  balm. 

Her  hallowed  influence  cheers  life's  hours, 

Of  sadness  and  of  gloom  -, 
v^}\Q  guides  us  through  this  vale  of  tears, 

To  joys  beyond  the  tomb. 

DEFECTIVE  EDUCATION. 
[concluded.] 

The  preceding  lessons  on  this  subject  present  numerous 
examples  of  the  ludicrous  lights,  and  the  utterly  prostrated 
positions,  in  which  certain  persons  have  been  placed — not 
from  any  mental  or  moral  defects,  but  solely  from  the 
want  of  education. 

They  knew  no  better ;  and,  therefore,  they  were  to  be 
pitied.  But  even  pity,  in  such  case,  is  no  relief.  It  is 
but  the  testimony  of  the  heart  to  ih.Q  lamented  fact  of 
their  ignorance,  and  the  deep  mortification  it  gives  to  their 
friends.     Then, 

*'  No  such  pity  e'er  demand. 
But  boldly  on  your  merit  stand." 

Ignorance  on  the  part  -of  most  children  and  youth  in 
our  day  and  country,  is  a  sin — a  grievous  sin  against  God 
and  man — against  the  highest  interests  also  of  themselves 
and  their  country. 


SPELLING  BOOK.  185 


Even  now,  such  examples  are  tlie  rare  exception,  not 
the  rule.  Better  days  for  our  Confederacy  are  at  hand. 
The  ignorant,  from  this  period  onward,  will  be  a  small  and 
an  obscui*e  minority.     Be  not  ye  found  among  them. 

Nor  is  it  a  vain  boast  to  say,  what,  from  personal 
acquaintance  I  know  to  be  the  fact,  that  the  Confederate 
States  abound  in  highly  educated,  refined  and  noble- 
minded  citizens. 

Our  Orators,  Stiitcsmen,  Judges,  Generals,  and  other 
professional  men,  would  do  honor  to  any  country.  Our 
enemies  themselves  also  being  judges,  it  is  an  admitted 
fact,  that  in  matronly  dignity,  elevated  sentiments  and 
refined  taste,  the  ladies  of  this  Confederacy  are  ^'  chief 
among  the  highest.'' 

Emulate,  then,  these  noble  examples ;  and  avoid  the 
solitary  wrecks  to  which  I  have  pointed.  Be  men  that  are 
Tiien  ;  women  that  are  icomen — not  iiretenders  to  the  name. 
Be  worthy  of  )'0ur  country  and  jour  expected  destiny. 
Let  your  unremitting  effort  also  be,  to  make  your  country — 
your  orcn  '^  sunny  South," — the  model  country  of  the 
world — 

''  The  land  of  all  the  lands  the  best/' 


186 


THg  CONFEDERATE 


ABBREVIATIONS  EXPLAINED. 


A.  A.  8.  Fellow  of  tlie 
American  Academy. 

A.  B.  Bachelor  of  Arts. 

Abp.  Archbifhop. 

Acet.  Account. 

A.  D.  Aiiuo  Domini,  the 
year  of  our  Lord. 

Ala.  Alabama. 

A.  M.  Master  of  Art§;  be- 
fore noon;  ill  the  year 
of  the  world. 

Apr.  April. 
Ally.  Aitoriiey. 
Aug.  August. 
Bart.  Baronet. 

B.  D.  Bachelor  of  Divi- 
iiity. 

B.  V.  Blessed  Virgin. 
Bbl.  Barrel. 

*C.  Centum,  a  hundred. 

Cant.  Canticles. 

Capt.  Captain. 

Chap.  Chapter. 

€ol.  Colonel. 

Co.  Company. 

Com.Commissioner.Com- 

modore. 
Cr.  Credit, 

Owl.  Hundred  weight. 
Chron.  Chronicles. 
Cor.  Corinthianar 
Conn,  or  Ct.  Connecticut. 
O.  8.  Keeper  of  the  Seal. 
C     S.     A.     Confederete 

States  of  America. 

C.  P.  S.  Keeper  of  the 
Privy  Seal. 

C.  A.  S.    Fellow  of  the 

Conn«cticut  Academy 
CI.  Clerk,  Clergyman. 
Cons.  Constable. 


Gent.  Gentleman.    • 

Geo.  George,  Georgia. 

Gov.  Governor. 

G.  R.  George,  the  King 
[of  England  ] 

H.  S.  S.  Fellow  of  the 
Historical  Society. 

Heb.  Hebrews. 

Hon.  Honorable. 

Hund.  Hundred. 

H.  B.  M.  His  or  Her  Bri- 
tannic Majeiity. 

H.  C.  M.  His  most  Chris- 
tian or  Catliolic  King  [of 
France  and  Spain.] 

Hhd.  Hog.shead. 

Ibid,  in  the  same  place. 

i.  e.  that  is  (ide?t.) 

id.  the  same. 

Ind.  Indiana. 

Inst.  Instant. 

Is.  Isaiah. 

Jan.  January. 

Ja.  James. 

Jac.  Jacob. 

Josh,  Joshua. 

Jun.  Junior. 

K.  King. 

Km.  Kingdom. 

Kt.  Knight. 

K.  C.  B.  Knight  Comman- 
der of  the  Order  of  the 
Bath. 

K.  G.  C.  Knight  of  the 
Grand  Cross. 

K.  G,  Knight  of  the 
Garter. 

L.  C.  Lower  Canada. 

L.  or  lid.  Lord  or  Lady. 

Lev.  Leviticus. 

Lieut.  Lieutenant. 


Nov.  November, 

N.  S.  New  Style. 

N.  W,  T.  North  Western 
Territory. 

N.  Y.  New  York. 

Obj.  Objection. 

Ob.  Obedient. 

Oct.  October. 

O.  S.  Old.  Style. 

Pari.  Parliament. 

Pa.  Penn.  Pennsylvania. 

Per.  by  ;  as,  per  yard^  by 
the  yard. 

Per  Cent,  by  the  Hun- 
dred.' 

Pet.  Peter, 

Phil.  Philip,  Philipiaus, 

Philom.  A  lover  of  learn- 
ing. 

P.  M.  Post  Master,  After- 
noon. 

P.  O.  Post  Office. 

P.  S.  Postscript. 

Ps.  Psalm. 

Pres.  President. 

Prof  Professor. 

Q.  Question,  Queen. 

q.  d  ,  as  if  he  should  say* 

q.  1.,  fts  much  as  you 
please. 

q.  s.  a  sufficient  quantity. 

Regr.  Register. 

Rep.  Representative. 

Rev.  Reverend,  Revela- 
tion. 

Rt.  Hon.  Right  Honora- 
ble. 

R.  I.  Rhode  Island. 

S.  South,  Shilling. 

S.  C.  South  Carolina. 

St.  Saini. 


SPELLING  BOOK. 


187 


Clsr  Cents. 

I).  D.  Doctor  of  Divinity. 

Dea.  Deacon. 

Dec.  December. 

Del.  Delaware. 

Dept.  Deputy. 

Deut.  Deuteronomy 

Do.  Ditto,  the  same. 

Dr.  Doctor,  or  Del)tor' 

Fi.  East. 

Kccl.  Ecclesiaslicus. 

Ed.  Edition,  Editor. 

E.  G.  for  example. 
Eng.  England,  English. 
Eph.  Ephesians. 

Esa.  P'saias. 

Ep.  Epistle. 

Esq.,  FJsquire. 

Etc.,  and  so  forth,  et  cnc- 

tera. 
Ex.  Exodus,  Example. 
Eir.  Executor. 
Feb.  February. 
Fr.      France,      French, 

Frances. 

F.  R.  S.  Fellow  of  the 
Royal  Society,  (Eng-) 

Gal.  Galatians. 
Gen.  General. 


Lend.  London.^ 

Lon.  Longitude. 

Ldp.  Lordship. 

Lat.  Latitude. 

Lou.  Louisiana. 

LI/.  D.  Doctor  of  Laws. 

lbs.  Pounds.  J 

L.  S.  Place  of  the  Seal. 

M.  Marquis,  Meridian. 

Maj.  Major. 

Mass.  Massachusetts 

Math.  Mathematics. 

M.  B.  Bachelor  of  Pbysie 

or  Medicine. 
Matt.  Matthew.  ■ 
M.  D.  Doctor  of  Physic. 
Md.  Maryland. 
Me.  Maine. 
Mr.  Master,  Sir. 
Messrs.  Gentlemen,  Sirs. 
MS.  Manuscript. 
MSS,  Manuscripts. 
Mrs.  Mistress. 
N.  North. 
N.  B.  Take  Notice. 
N.  C.  North  Carolina. 
N.  H.  New  Hampshire. 
N.  J.  New  Jersey. 
No.  Number. 


Sect.  Section. 

Sen.  Senator,  Senior. 

Sept.  September. 

Servt.  Servant. 

S.T.  P.  Professor  of  The- 
ology. 

S.  T.  b,  Doctor  of  Divi- 
nity. 

ss.  to  wit,  namely. 

Surg.  Surgeon. 

Tenn.  Tennessee. 

Thco.  Theophilus. 

Thess.  Thessalonians 

Tho.  Thomas. 

U.  C.  Upper  Canada. 

Ult.  the  last,  or  the  last 
month. 

U.  S.  A.  United  States  of 
America. 

V.  Vide,  See. 

Va.  yirginia. 

viz.  to  wit,  namely. 

Vt.  Vermont. 

Wt.  Weight. 

Wm.  William. 

Wp.  Wov.ship. 

Yd.  Yard. 

&  And. 

&c.,  And  so  forth. 


PUNCTUATION. 


Punctuarion  is  the  division  of  a  composition  into  sentences  or  parts  of  a 
aentence  by  points,  to  mark  the  pauses  to  be  obsei^ed  in  reading,  and  show 
the  connection  of  the  several  parts  or  clauses.  » 

The  comma  (,)  indicates  a  pause  of  the  length  of  a  monosyrlable,  or  the 
time  of  pronouncing  one.  The  semicoloH  { ;  )  indicates  a  pause  of  two  mono- 
syllables ;  a  colon  ( :  )  of  three  ;  a  period  {  .  )  four.  The  period  is  placed  at 
the  close  of  a  sentence. 

The  interrogation  point  (?)  denotes  that  a  question  is  asked,  as,  tMa(  do 
you  see  ? 

An  exclamation  point  ( !  )  denotes  wonder,  astonishment,  or  other  emotion, 
expressed  by  the  foregoing  words. 

A  parenthesis  (  )  includes  words  not  neticssary  in  the  sentence,  and  which 
are  to  be  uttered  in  a  lower  tone  of  voice. 

Brackets  or  hooks  [  ]  are  sometimes  used  for  nearly  tlic  same  purpose  ae 
the  parenthesis,  or  to  include  some  explanation. 


188  THE    CONFEDERATE 


A  dash  ( —  )  denotes  a  sudden  stdp  or  a  change  of  subject,  and  requires  a 
pause,  but  of  no  definite  length. 

Vie 
A  caret  {  a  )  showp  the  omission  of  a  word  or  letter,  thus,  give  me  book. 

A 

An  apostrophe  (')  denotes  the  omission  of  a  letter  or  tellers,  thu.*,  lovM, 
tho^t.  ' 

A  quotation  is  indicated  by  these  points,  "  ''  placed  at  llie'beginning  and 
end  of  the  passage. 

The  index  {  \Iir* )  points  to  a  passage  which  is  to  be  particularly  noticed. 

The  paragraph  {  H  )  denotes  the  beginning  of  a  new  subject. 

Tlie  star  or  asterisk  (*),  the  dagger  (t)  and  other  marks  (j.  §.  II),  and 
sometimes  letters  aud  figures,  are  used  to  refer  tJie  reader  to  notes  in  the 
margin. 

The  diaresis  ( ••  )  denotes  that  the  vowel  under  it  is  not  coiwiecled  with  the 
preceding  vowel. 

CAPITAL  LErrERS. 

A  capital  letter  should  be  used  at  the  beginning  of  a  book,  chapter,  section, 
sentence  and  jiote.'  It  should  begin  all  proper  names  of  persons,  cities,  town?, 
villages,  seas,  rivers,  mountains,  lakes,  ships,  &c.  It  should  begin  every  line 
of  poetry,  a  quotation,  and  often  an  important  word. 

The  napie  or  appellation  of  God,  Jehovah,  Christ,  Messiah,  &c.,  should 
begin  with  a  capital. 

The  pronoun  I  aud  interjection  O  are  always  capitals. 


SPELLINa   BOOK.  189 


TESTIMONIALS  IN  FAYOR  OF  THIS  WORK. 


While  on  a  visit  to  his  highly  valued  iViend,  Col.  W.  Perroneau  Finley,  late 
President  of  CharleBton  College,  whose  judgment  and  lasie  in  literature,  and 
whose  zeal  in  the  cause  of  education  are  well  known,  the  Author  re(|uesled 
of  him  a  review  tuid  criticism  of  tlic  manuscripts  of  The  Coniederate  Spelling 
Book,  before  committing  it  to.press.  That  service  he  rendered  in  connection 
with  liis  friend  and  pastor,  the  Rev.  John  R.  Dow,  of  Aiken,  S.  C,  and  the 
following  paper  was  returned  as  their  opining  of  its  merits  : 

Aiken,  S.  C,  Get.  27,  iy63. 

The  Rev.  Washington  Baird,  being  about  to  publish,  for  the  use  of  schools 
in  the  Confederate  Slates,  a  Spelling  Book,  interspersed  with  Reading  Lessons 
in  prose  and  poetry,  &c.,  and 'having  explained  to  us  the  system  on  which  it 
has  been  prepared,  and  having  submitted  many  portions  of  the  m.inuscripts 
containing  lessons  adapted  to  the  various  stages  of  a  pupil's  progress,  we  lake 
pleasurc'in  now  expressing  our  opinion  of  the  merits  of  his  work. 

We  consider  this  book  of  Mr.  Baird's,  not  only  a  great  desideratum  in  our 
schools,  but,  as  the  title  page  asserts,  well  calculated  to  please  and  instruct 
the  young;  and  while  it  imparls  usefj^l  information,  its  tendency  is  to  produce 
correct  moral  impressions. 

It  has  also  the  special  merit  of  beingifcdapted  to  our  Southern  latitude,  and 
in  accordance  with  the  views  and  sentiments  of  the  people  of  the  Con.federale 
States.  We  also  think  it  a  valuable  acq^uisitioh  as  a  family  book  for  the. 
instruction  aJid  training  of  children  during  their  elementary  «ourse  ;  and  we 
have  no  hesitation  in  recommending  it  to  the  patronage  of  all  who  are  con- 
cerned or  interested,  either  professionally  or  otherwise,  in  the  training  of  ihe 
young  and  rising  generation,  ^^'e  really  think,  also,  that  Mr.  Baird  deserves 
the  gratitude  of  the  Southern  people  for  this  elaborate,  well-timed  and  patriotic 
contribution  to  tlie  menial  and  moral  furniture  of  our  schools,  and  the  educa- 
tional resources  of  our  country. 

W.  PERRONEAU  FINLEY, 
JOHN  R.  DOW. 

The  following  persons,  distinguished  for  their  position,  their  attainments, 
and  their  profound  interest  in  the  cause  of  education,  have  also  united  in 
their  commendation  of  this  work  to  the  confidence  and  patronage  of  the 


190  THE  CONFEDERATE 

public— some  of  them  from  a  thorough  examination  of  the  manuscripts,  and 
all  of  them  from  accurate   knowledge  of  its  character,  designs  and  merits. 

J.  L.  REYNOLDS,  D.  D., 
Prof,  of  Roman  Literature  in  South  Carolina  College,  and  Editor  of  the 
Confederate  Baptist,  Columbia,  S.  C. 

JAMES  C.  FURMAN,  D.  D., 
President  of  the  Furraan  University, GreenTille,  S.  C. 

JAMES  P.  BOYCE,  D.  D., 
Prof,  of  Theology  in  said  University. 

„  A.  M.  SHIPP,  D.  D., 

President  of  Wofford  College,  Spartanburg,  S.  C. 

DAVID  DUNCAN, 
JAMES  H.  CARLISLE, 
WARREN  Dv  PRE, 

Professors  in  said  College. 

CoL.  JAMES  FARROW, 
Member  of  the  Confederate  Congress  from  South  Carolina, 

1  JOSEPH.  R.  WILSON,  D.  D., 

Pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  Augusta,  Ga., 

Hon.  E.  a.  NISBET, 

Col.  AVASHINGTON  POE, 

Rev.davjd  wills, 

Macon,  Ga. 

Hon.  G.  E.  THOMAS, 
S.  H.  HIGGINS,  D.  D., 

Columbus,  Ga. 

W.  STATES  LEE,  Esq., 
•      Rev.  C.  P.  B.  MARTIN, 
Princi|)pls  of  High  Schools,  Columbus,  Ga. 

Rev.  WILLIAM  TLINN, 
F  Milledgeville,  Ga. 

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President  of  Oglethorpe  University,  Ga. 

Rev.  R.  C.  SMITH, 
Rbv.  C.  W.-LANE, 
Professors  in  gaid  Institution. 

Hon.  JOSEPH  E.  BROWN, 
Governor  of  the  Stat©  of  Georgia. 


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